10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

A worrying trend. The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch is a beautiful bird that in some of its locations is protected by superstition ( Wikipedia ): “The Lotha Naga people will hunt many birds for food but the velvet-fronted nuthatch is generally proscribed due to the belief that killing them would bring misfortune to the hunter.

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The associated bird species seek out drongos, apparently relying upon them heavily for protection. And while the scientific species name kasumba sounds like some frightening new fitness trend or a dancing game performed on cruise ships, it is apparently just the Malay term for red. It is also classified as Near Threatened.

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Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 219

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

This could include violence (torture, mutilation, intentional killings, etc.), Such registries would help protect animals, pet guardians and communities by preventing repeat offenses from anyone with an established history of abusing animals. Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund ALDF Animal Abuse Hoarding 100

Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2009

According to Stephanie Woodard's column in Prevention published today, the CDC reports that "certain types of MRSA infections kill 18,000 Americans per year—more than die from AIDS." The Bottom Line: The government cares more about protecting agribusiness profits than it does about protecting the health of consumers.

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Vegetarian Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Wikipedia also has an interesting paragraph hinting at observation bias in ornithologists: “At the continental scale, saddle-billed storks preferred protected areas that have a higher extent of open water compared to areas without the storks. The benefit for the wasps is that they get to keep a beautiful pet.

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction. Rueppell’s Vulture scanning for a carcass at Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 194

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

The expansion to 100 Objects in book format follows a publishing trend of popularizing history; recent examples include A History of the World in 100 Objects , The Civil War in 50 Objects , and even Doctor Who: A History of the Universe in 100 Objects. The series looked at 25 objects. Number 10, Stuffed Dodo at the Horniman Museum, London, c.

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Mauritius Collecting Egypt Cyprus 172