10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I’ve been leading a small but faithful group on Trinidad for several years to count birds within a livestock farm that is generally restricted to the public (you can read about some of those shenanigans here ); this was the first time I was to embark on a CBC on the smaller island of Tobago.

Falcons 237

Falcons Trinidad Ducks Groups 237

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 7, 2013

Found only in the southern tip of Thailand and the Malay Peninsula, it’s estimated that only 500 Malayan tigers remain in the wild. The species also often comes into conflict with people over livestock predation. The cub is currently in serious condition and is undergoing treatments.

Tampa 100

Tampa Tigers Thailand Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers. And I am inside the southern tip of the western Balkan Dinara-Pindos population range, stretching from Slovenia in the north to Greece in the south, with 2,500 bears. At the edge of the forest, above the road, a Roe Deer swiftly disappears between trees. Only the Balkan (700 + 2,500 ind.)

Bears 269

Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 269

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

They’re all named for livestock. Hat-tip to Stella. It didn’t take much imagination to name Cowbirds or Cattle Egrets or Cattle Tyrants , but there’s more fantasy, even more wit, involved in the naming of other bovine birds. Wicked, right?

Cows 142

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 142

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization's own report entitled Livestock's Long Shadow : "The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global. That's right, free!

Lacto-Ovo 40

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Vegan Veal 40