10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2024
Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709 – 1746) was a German-born naturalist, though it seems he spent most of his (shortish) adult life in Russia, participating in the exploration of the North Pacific region. Another danger to the species comes from lead poisoning as they eat the carcasses of deer killed by hunters ( source ).
Critter News
DECEMBER 21, 2011
But I'm not exactly sure why RUSSIA would ban them. Apparently, some claim about 90 percent of Canadian sales are to Russia. Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. Russia has been the biggest market for the Canadian seal fur industry. Great news!
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Critter News
APRIL 20, 2012
Apparently it isn't the first time the King has been shooting big game in Africa, or elsewhere (Apparently he killed a bear in Russia a few years ago too). King Juan Carlos of Spain, Honorary President of WWF Spain, is recovering in hospital after breaking his hip in Botswana where he was on an elephant hunt.
Critter News
MARCH 22, 2009
Activists accused Norwegian companies of encouraging the killing because seal hunting was no longer allowed in their own country. This decision was made largely thanks to public environmental organisations which took an active position on this issue.”
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2013
It breeds in a broad and not quite coherent band from Iceland in the west through central Europe and southern Scandinavia all the way to eastern Russia, wintering in Africa, parts of India, and Southeast Asia to Australia. Somehow – given our current weather – I can relate. .
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
Found in the frozen forests near Russia’s border with Korea, the cats are feared to have just 30 members left in the wild. Most of the babies saw their mothers killed by ivory poachers, but with the help of this program they learn to deal with their traumatic early lives and grow to healthy, happy adults.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
Research has also shown that migrant birds have smaller brains than resident birds but grow more neurons, which deal with spatial information, before they migrate. Pause again to think about having this superpower.). Climate change looms large over all migration research, it “is reshaping every single thing about migration” (p.
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