article thumbnail

The Struggle to Save the Birds of Honduras

10,000 Birds

In the Far East they keep birds of prey which they use to capture other animals such as foxes and rabbits. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. Little boys kill thousands of birds each year with slingshots. The illegal bird trade kills thousands of birds each year just in the manner they are smuggled.

Honduras 210
article thumbnail

The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. These birds can learn to pull a string to retrieve a short stick, use the stick to pull out a longer one, then use the long stick to draw out a piece of meat. He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. Jethro the dog.

Emotional 100
article thumbnail

When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat. The island was being ravaged by rabbits that were destroying every last tree, threatening the future of three lizards and two snakes. Not from an environmental perspective but from a “don’t you like animals?”