10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

The island was first a Maori fortress to be retreated to from the mainland, then a camp for internees during the war and a quarantine station for people and livestock. Across the water is the Miramar Peninsula, where the Hobbit is presently being filmed.

Penguins 165

Penguins Parrots New Zealand Seals 165

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Today's New York Times gives us Adam Shriver's Op-Ed " Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free ," which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain in the animals that must live and die on them. It would be far better than doing nothing at all.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Factory 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2021

For the fifth year in a row, I was assigned the prolific and well-known Aripo Livestock Station at the foothills of Trinidad’s Northern Range. For birders who have visited T&T in the past, the livestock station has always been a staple site for several key species that would be fairly difficult elsewhere.

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Trinidad Livestock Groups Eagles 264

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Modern livestock farming on a grand scale also wastes a colossal amount of feed grains on animals which, in times past, would simply have fed off the land. There is no doubt a good deal of truth in this last point as well, and we are here presented with a serious moral problem concerning the world food supply. One can only agree.

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Vegetarian Fox Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2011

From the point of view of religion, however, the question presents a challenge. If we value animal life and animal comfort, therefore, we should endorse our carnivorous habits, provided it really is life , and not living death, on which those habits feed.

Meat 40

Meat Vegetarian Battery Fast Food 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Even the brewery’s spent grains, once shoveled out of the mash tun, are hauled off to a local farm as livestock feed. A Great Horned Owl , the most expected owl species in Colorado Springs according to eBird. Could this be Le Capitaine? Four out of five feathers (excellent). __.

Georgia 100

Georgia Colorado Tennessee Atlanta 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2017

FWS concludes (lightly edited for readability): We have carefully assessed the best information available regarding the past, present, and future threats to the black-capped vireo.

Endangered Species 128

Endangered Species Species Texas Oklahoma 128

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

.” You can read just that chapter and the final chapter summarizing this achievement and learn a lot, but it really isn’t the whole story, not the one Greeley wants to present. A great-great nephew of Senator McLean, Greeley spent three years researching and writing this book.

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Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147