10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 201

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

The bulk of the population (approximately 80%) belong to the Zulu tribe, but significant numbers of Xhosa and Afrikaans, as well as immigrants from India and Britain call this beautiful patch of land on Africa’s eastern seaboard their home. At 36,433 sq. Natal Francolin was discovered in what was then known as Natal Colony by Dr Andrew Smith.

Mozambique 186

Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 186

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

It only takes a little imagination to suppose that every bite of hamburger we eat is taking grain away from a hungry child in India. Nobody wants existing animals to be slaughtered. The difference between this argument and the arguments considered above should not be overlooked. These differences aside, is the argument valid?

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

But every photo is clearly here for a reason, whether to show juvenile plumage or large egg clutches or illegal trapping (many of the images in the Challenges and Conservation chapter are from CABS, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter).

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Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 232

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

And I don't think that converting one person at a time to veganism via my spectacular baking or my blogging is going to make up for the people of China and India rapidly increasing their consumption of animals.

Vegan 100

Vegan Ethics Psychology Slaughter 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Because of their great expense, spices in the Middle Ages were often reserved for feasts celebrating harvests, slaughters, and holy days as the old year waned, particularly around Christmas. A pair of Russet Sparrows, as illustrated by Philipp Franz von Siebold in Fauna Japonica. de Siebold. Conjunctis studiis C. Temminck et H.

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Sparrows France Asia Europe 140