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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

10,000 Birds

However, I will pick a fight with the Rip Van Winkle Rod and Gun Club in Palenville, New York, which is sponsoring their fourth annual “Crow Down” March 29-30, 2014. A hero of the Rip Van Winkle Rod & Gun Club is – no doubt – Bob Aronsohn, who lives in Kansas and in December 2013 celebrated killing his 150,000th crow.

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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

10,000 Birds

Hundreds of millions of sparrows were killed, almost to the point of extinction. Basic Books, New York, $30 U.S., As Moss shows, this “Great Sparrow Campaign” was based on nothing more than the “scientific illiteracy and unbridled power” of one man, Mao Zedong. By Stephen Moss. CAN $38.00. September 12, 2023.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

10,000 Birds

Greg Lawrence is a long-time friend of 10,000 Birds and a birding machine in the Rochester, New York, area. He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. 1999, Holt et al. Evans, and D.

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Scarlett The Cat: From Homeless To A Hero

4 The Love Of Animals

Before the life-changing moment, Scarlett lived in an old Brooklyn garage in New York, taking care of five kittens not older than four weeks. All in all, Karen had to make a dramatic and hard decision of mercy killing to stop the agony of her pet, which happened on October 2008, when Scarlett peacefully passed in Karen’s arms.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Yet not mentioned is a simple step that will go a long way toward ensuring compliance with our already lax slaughterhouse requirements: Place video cameras throughout the kill process. if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. The live feed can be monitored by any and all who are willing to watch.