10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

Note to other species: better do not rely on mature primary forests, as this may lead to extinction. This says more about my inability to differentiate between warbler species than about the rarity of the bird – but the bird was kindly singing. Also, do not smoke as it is not good for your health.

Birds 130

Birds Raised Cattle Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2013

Later it was determined these condors suffered from organophosphate poisoning after they were exposed to insecticides used for agriculture. Unfortunately, contemporary people from the high Andes are beginning to see condors as the enemy; a predator that will kill and eat livestock. Photo: Alexander More.

Livestock 173

Livestock Chile Colombia Ecuador 173

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

In the grand scheme of things, this is just a small town and only one person was killed due to injuries suffered. The next spring she reported that her first class was doing very well and were able to rapidly identify nearly 200 species. There were 23 cows killed; some had to be shot up in trees where they were stuck.

South Dakota 266

South Dakota Nebraska Missouri Killing 266

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2014

Sentient people recoil at the idea of leg-hold traps, those medieval–torture devices which cause so much pain and suffering before their victims eventually die, are killed, or (very occasionally) are rescued. Like leg hold traps, glue traps are indiscriminate, with non-targeted species making up a large proportion of their catch.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 279

Wildlife Rehabilitation Mice Rodents Rescue 279

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2018

Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires. In the months after a fire, wildlife populations can suffer substantial losses due to habitat alteration and destruction. A fire might kill weak birds or, depending on the time of year, claim nestlings. So what do these facts mean for our wildlife?

Wildlife 102

Wildlife Sacramento Shelters Science 102

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

Whenever the media report that someone has killed "an endangered animal" or "an endangered species," they too confuse an individual with a species. Hunters kill members of endangered species. Conversely, animals who are personally safe are not endangered, even if they belong to an endangered species (14).

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Killing 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

But I insisted he try the blood and violence guy, and he humored me, only to send me, later, a longish email, pointing out the flaws in my judgment and in the book and the author, and closing with this: “Since I didn’t care for any of his characters, I really didn’t care who killed whom.”. Fair enough.

Humane 129

Humane 2018 Laws Science 129

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. ” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife.

Wildlife 235

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 235

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Although the islands are a cramped home to 18 species of seabird, the dominant and most charismatic of these are the two species of albatross, the Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses. Throughout the petrel and albatross order there are suposed to be only two species, the two large and vulture-like giant petrels , that feed on land.

Albatross 177

Albatross Hawaii Seals Parrots 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, these goats ate the flora of the island: unique species of Indian paintbrush and woodland star, bushmallow and wirelettuce and morning glory. And so, the foxes and shrikes endemic to the island began to suffer as the greenery went. Also, they were infested by a species of ear mite unknown to science.

Goats 159

Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 159

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Of course, as a result, "ethical meat" becomes an option unless one realizes that killing when you don't need to is killing when you don't need to, no matter if it occurs in a slaughterhouse or in a mobile slaughter operation or in a backyard. If you want to reduce suffering, there are indeed ways to do that.

Vegan 100

Vegan Factory Farm Factory Farming Slaughter 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

” By the very next day they were calling on their mindless followers to email the National Audubon Society’s CEO, David Yarnold, and Chairman, B Holt Thrasher, to call for Williams’ dismissal because he ”just published a major newspaper editorial calling on the public to kill millions of cats by poisoning them with Tylenol.”

Feral Cats 271

Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 271

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

The killing of Cecil was equated with murder, a moral crime rather than a symptom of a ecological problem. Animal rights is concerned with individual animals, and their suffering and welfare. Conservation is concerned about protecting populations, species, habitats, ecosystems. And culls of Nyala have been proposed.

Lions 203

Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 203

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2011

26), Seamus McGraw says he has a responsibility to kill deer because there are too many. He has volunteered to kill a deer cruelly, ineptly and with an outdated weapon that causes additional suffering to the deer. I’m tired of hearing people who enjoy killing justify it with specious moral platitudes.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Mountain Lions Deer 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

So, even if animals are killed painlessly and raised for food in humane ways, it is wrong to kill them. Presumably most animals—even infants—would have the right not to suffer. Consequently, the killing of some animals for food, if done painlessly, is not morally objectionable. But this is surely dubious.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Suffering Killing 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

Alex, who publishes the bird and wildlife blog Birdland West , wants to share sincere feelings about a species near and dear to the hearts of many of us… I’m new to birding, and I’ve lived in urban areas for many years where the bird population is mainly crows and pigeons.

Seattle 208

Seattle Wildlife Rehabilitation Rescue Dogs 208

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. It has entertaining stories, includes animals people care about because they like them (and also addresses that concept), and it describes how the numbers of various species decreased to the point of being classified as "endangered" or worse.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

The meat industry is inherently destructive and inhumane, there is no way to make it otherwise, and much of the harm it does to ecosystems is by inflicting suffering and death on billions of nonhuman animals, farmed and free-living, each year. Another went out last Friday. Many say you can’t eat meat and be an environmentalist.

Meat Industry 100

Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

To the Editor: Soon after I read Gary Steiner’s article, my wife asked me to kill a spider, which I did. We kill so many living creatures when we build a house, construct a road, drive down that road or just walk on a path. But even then if we were to survive we would have to kill some animals in self-defense.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 8, 2009

These people abstain from eggs and dairy products the production of which involves suffering for the animals. To avoid this complication, Martin should have stipulated that no suffering is involved in the production of animal legs. Suffering is more than pain. Think of the suffering involved in solitary confinement.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Suffering Vegan 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sometimes I just want to hug eBird, or more specifically, whoever writes the short species descriptions (even though I am not the typical hugging kind of person, trust me on this). There are about 50 different species of flowerpeckers globally. If these are taken off, the species looks just like Clark Kent. “Dull, me?

Los Angeles 180

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 180

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

If you like animals you will generally not want them to suffer and you won’t want them to go extinct. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans. Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. It’s only natural.

Animal Rights 259

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 259

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

I know on some level, I think that’s something almost all of us can get behind…no one, except the most callous and cold-hearted of the human race things its fine to torture animals, or deny that they are capable of pain and suffering. The logic of this is ridiculous.

Animal Rights Movement 205

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 205

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Forget lions, tigers, and bears – if Internet listicles are to be believed, all of Oz is full of crocodiles, sharks, jellyfish, snakes, spiders – even magpies – that are dead set on killing, maiming, or injuring any humans they encounter. One of these killers even has the word “death” in its name, for crying out loud.

2019 217

2019 Australia Ducks Fowl 217

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2013

Unlike many endemic species they aren’t remotely rare, and can be seen just about anywhere in the country, and they are also amazingly confiding, allowing close approaches and even coming close to us of their own volition. It’s a sentiment I can get behind. Also known by its Maori name of P?wakawaka,

New Zealand 174

New Zealand Samoa Fiji Killing 174

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

” but that may also say “I’m probably your offspring and not some cuckolding species’ offspring. When a bird’s own brood is destroyed, it may transfer its attention to the young of others; observations of birds feeding the young of other parents of the same species, and even of other species, are quite common.

Mammals 186

Mammals Turtles Eggs Fish 186

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. to live out their lives in peace, absent the abuse they had suffered in the entertainment industry. Stories about animals rescuing members of their own and other species, including humans, abound. Photo by Paul Huber.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

“The birds” as a whole will be “fine” but many individual species will not. Their remarkable survival skills, evolved over thousands of years, rely on a chain of stopover feeding grounds and habitats for breeding and raising young – but break any one link and the survival of the entire species is threatened.

Maryland 217

Maryland Birds Penguins Wildlife 217

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

This says it all: "[T]he vision of sustainable farms that give animals a good life (a life as good as we give our dogs or cats) and an easy death (as easy as a death we give our suffering and terminally ill companion animals) has moved me" (242). But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

The birdlife in the Cape is nothing short of spectacular, with a healthy dose of charismatic endemic species. Over 40 species of South African endemics can be found in the Cape – Cape Sugarbirds, Cape Rockjumpers, Orange-breasted Sunbirds to name but a few.

Penguins 210

Penguins South Africa Africa Sharks 210

Animal Ethics

MAY 6, 2009

Similarly, although there are differences between human beings and other animals, there are no moral differences that justify human beings’ killing and eating animals but not killing and eating one another. Moreover, since it is morally wrong to kill and eat human beings, it is morally wrong to kill and eat animals.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Speciesism Killing 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Second, it might be argued that although it is wrong to kill microorganisms, it is not obvious that eating them kills them. Neither is it obvious, however, that eating microorganisms does not kill them. Let us suppose that some microorganisms that are eaten are killed, e.g., by the digestive workings of the body.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

In Alaska, they were found to mimic 30 different species ( source ). Maybe they have decided to boycott species with Russian-sounding names as a way to protest against Putin’s policies. If you are suffering from depression, you just have found another reason to go birding. days) than in autumn average 3.4

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

They belong to the canine species Nyctereutes procyonoides. One of the questions on the survey is: "Is it morally permissible to kill animals for fur coats?" Just how do Chinese workers kill raccoon dogs?" Documentary video reveals that this does not kill the dogs. Not according to my students. you might wonder.

Fur 40

Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The species that prevented the month from being really boring was the Amur Paradise Flycatcher. It seems they did well this year, with quite a few chicks being taught how to handle dragonflies, while the parents were suffering from molt. Fortunately, Common Snipes still do not look common to me.

Birds 147

Birds Cattle Suffering Turtles 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2024

Witness this shot of a Hooded Crow , a species that does not seem to mind foraging very close to people almost exactly in the city center of Bamiyan (though the term city center may be a bit of an exaggeration for this place). So, for pure birders, it is best to stop reading this post once you see the first photo not showing a bird.

Afghanistan 160

Afghanistan Birds Collecting Utah 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2013

There has been a great deal of talk these days about “reviving” extinct species. Setting aside the feasibility of extracting DNA from specimens and fossils, and finding a suitable similar species to donate an egg, there is much debate on whether we should bring back those species we’ve lost. Should it be?

Feral Cats 192

Feral Cats Eggs Cats Feral 192