Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. The eventual kill is quick, clean, and painless. It's a thoughtful question I wish more people would ask.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Greater flamingoes winter in large numbers Kerkini’s wintering Flamingoes probably breed in Turkey Forty years ago Flamingoes were rare visitors to Greece: several thousand now winter on Kerkini Lake Kerkini is an artificial lake, its depth varying considerably throughout the year. Such an abundance of wildfowl attracts Peregrines.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2019

If a large, powerful bird of prey capable of terrorizing a Wild Turkey comes to mind, that may be a fair definition of a hawk-eagle. Oh, and yes, some do also kill our local “turkey”, the Great Curassow.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2014

New World vultures of the genus Cathartes ( Greater Yellow-headed , Lesser Yellow-headed and Turkey Vultures ) look much alike. Additionally, Cathartes vultures are unable to grab, kill, and carry a prey item with their feed. Their feed are more like that of a Wood Stork. This is pure speculation.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

Close to 5% of turkeys being farmed in Minnesota have been or shortly will be destroyed , and the virus is also affecting chickens. There will be a Turkey for every table for the US Thanksgiving. Will H5N2 Kill Wild Birds? The virus is mainly found in the upper plains and midwest, including both the US and Canada.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2012

Tucked into the shadows the hawk can complete the kill. Redtail as Turkey Vulture ? Grabbing the shoulders works out better for the hawk though it has to fight the drag from the pigeon’s outstretched wings. Check out the submariner Coot and the startled Great Blue Heron. Osprey…? They like to sun too.

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Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

Interviewer: "Oh, so you've killed chickens.". Contestant: "And turkeys.". Now you kill turkeys, chickens, fish and--". Interviewer: "Cows, okay, there's another one you kill. If you kill animals or pay someone to do so for you, you support animal cruelty. I think you actually support animal cruelty."

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

A couple of old Ponderosa Pines, killed in a recent fire, served as a gathering spot for nearly 100 Turkey Vultures. Mallards, Northern Pintails, Northern Shovelers, and Cinnamon Teal were found at nearly ever shallow, weedy spot on the lake. I am pretty sure that they were staging here for their trip south.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

We get lots of birds passing through, like our regular band of Wild Turkeys that roam our parking lot. I’m not a fan of having these non native species at the feeder–they kill native birds like Eastern Bluebirds to take over their nesting cavities. Fortunately, there are windows so I can look outside.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2011

Over the years, I’ve chronicled an apparent decline in the numbers of the birds hanging around the kill-zone. Turkey Vultures , American Crows , and Red-tailed Hawks continue to patrol the skies. The Chicken Inferno is always one of the highlights of my year, but bird watching rarely takes center stage at the event.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

There will be no greyhound corpse on our table, no turkey corpse and no pig corpse. When in the position of having the choice, which so far is always, I'd rather choose not to have someone killed for me. This is a tough one to even dignify as it's not a good reason for killing someone. But we can bring our story to that world.

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Animal Person

MARCH 11, 2010

William Horden's, " The Sacred Space of the Shared Heart " is exactly the type of piece I am talking about when I express frustration over "spiritual" people who kill nonhuman animals or who have them killed for a meal. "My In this case, the spirit of the corpse. And for the animal, it means death.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

You think of turkey dressed in black. Their hallmark: They don’t kill. The largest flying land birds in North America, they appear like folded umbrellas at first, their wing feathers draped blanket-like, enveloping bodies that naturally weigh about 20 pounds at maturity. They scavenge, making them reliant on nature’s whims.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2017

In “Summer of the Sparrow,” actress and ABA board member Lili Taylor relates a dramatic tale of murderous passion directed towards a House Sparrow who has killed the Bluebird babies in her nest boxes. Drew Lanham’s “Soul Food: Wild Turkeys and Wandering Warblers” © 2017 by Robert A. Illustration for J.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

We have seen a pretty large number of Black Vultures, as well as both the resident, and the migrant Turkey Vultures in the last week. After bashing it on a branch to kill it, it did finally get it swallowed. Another species in the long name category, would be this Common Chlorospingus.

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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. Lawrence S.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

It seems that these people, who purport to claim to care so much about animals, are completely ignorant of the existence of any animal life beyond horses, cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys. Yes, of course it is too bad that so many animals (most often rats, mice and rabbits) have to be killed. The logic of this is ridiculous.

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Reddit Animals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Oh and a turkey one time. And I could even see that being the case even with the lack of consumption as I've known cats that killed for sport but didn't eat the prey. Birds seem to be mostly some kind of common looking grayish speckled yard birds that I don't know what they are. Maybe some kind of grackle?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley. Rueppell’s Vulture scanning for a carcass at Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley. Around 3,000 birds summered and bred at Birecik in the 1930’s but this declined to only 400 by 1982.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2011

It was two years later that a gentleman named Richard Pough exposed the massacre of birds of prey and he, along with other prominent conservationists, began lobbying for the end of what they perceived to be pointless and ruthless killing. Even though the numbers were low there was really good diversity.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

One of the neognath branches is called Galloanserae and consists today of the the Galliformes or landfowl (megapodes, guans, guineafowl, patridges, pheasants, grouse, turkeys, quail, and relatives) and the specialized aquatic Anseriformes or waterfowl (ducks, geese, swans, and related waterfowl, along with the weird South American screamers).

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2012

Cooked bones can splinter and kill your dog. Your vet can advise you about your dog’s specific nutritional needs, and you should always check the label to see what exactly is in the food you feed your dog. Ian Billinghurst, an Australian veterinarian , advocates feeding dogs a raw diet, and many owners have had success with this approach.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2013

By 6am we had our first Australian Brush-Turkey as shown in the above photograph and the list was soon started. Laughing Kookaburras with Australian Brush-Turkey in the background at a campsite. Sadly we did see a lot of road kill and no doubt a result of people driving at night. Grant ignoring Emu.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

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. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., The live feed can be monitored by any and all who are willing to watch.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

On a day most seem happy to kill turkeys, few consider whether we should also be killing lions. Thankfully, Duncan’s thought the issue through for us ! Like it or not, this weekend may be the busiest of your year.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

He clearly thinks that it is wrong to cause animals to suffer unnecessarily, but he appears to be somewhat ambivalent about killing animals (provided the killing is carried out humanely). However, the above rationalization does not directly address the issue of contributing to the unnecessary killing of a conscious sentient being.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2018

Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Chinese Bamboo-Partridge – Bambusicola thoracicus. ???–?????? –?????? 19 Mar 2018.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2018

Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Požeženski pesak / Gradištanska peš?ara. 01 May 2018. Ruffed Grouse – Bonasa umbellus. 24 May 2018.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Wattled Jacana – Jacana jacana. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018. 03 Apr 2018. 03 Apr 2018.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Wattled Jacana – Jacana jacana. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018. 03 Apr 2018. 03 Apr 2018.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Wattled Jacana – Jacana jacana. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018. 03 Apr 2018. 03 Apr 2018.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Požeženski pesak / Gradištanska peš?ara. 01 May 2018. Ruffed Grouse – Bonasa umbellus. 24 May 2018.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Little Cultus Lake Road, Oregon. 23 Aug 2018. Sharp-tailed Grouse – Tympanuchus phasianellus.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Little Cultus Lake Road, Oregon. 23 Aug 2018. Sharp-tailed Grouse – Tympanuchus phasianellus.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Wild Turkey – Meleagris gallopavo. Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura. Wattled Jacana – Jacana jacana. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018. 03 Apr 2018. 03 Apr 2018.

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