10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2011

As part of my effort to keep concerned wildlife enthusiasts informed about the proposal to hunt Eastern Flyway sandhill cranes, it is my duty to tell you that there’s another vote coming up. of Fish and Wildlife Resources—who will get together on June 3, 2011, to vote on whether to open season on Sandhill Cranes in Kentucky.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. At least bacon is meat,” added Letitia Labbie. “We People walk in and hand you a box, which you know will contain the wildlife and some bizarre food item. I opened the box, and there was a bowl of raw hamburger meat in there for him to eat.” Poor thing was hyperglycemic.”.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

New York City’s premiere wildlife refuge proved to be no refuge for Canada Geese on Monday morning as federal agents rounded up 711 geese – including goslings – and packed them up for a trip to upstate New York where they will be gassed and their meat will be provided to food banks.

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Geese New York City Jamaica Slaughter 141

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are few sights more wrenching to a wildlife rehabilitator than a convulsing, lead-poisoned bird. In what some might see as an unlikely alliance, wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and – yes – hunters have banded together to convince those who hunt to use copper bullets instead of lead.

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Hunters Wildlife Rehabilitation Hunting Legislation 179

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 31, 2012

And while finding snails is not difficult for a long legged bird that is not afraid to wade into alligator-infested marshes it is difficult to extract the yummy snail meat from its protective shell. The snail was not very large but I was impressed with the size of the chunk of snail meat hiding in the recesses of the shell.

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Meat Alligators Florida Collecting 163

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Because ingestion of spent lead shot has been documented to cause acute health problems in wildlife (most notably death), use of lead shot has been increasingly restricted over the past few decades. On federal wildlife refuges and many states’ wildlife management areas, non-toxic shot is required when hunting all game birds.

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Hunters Hunting North America Game 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2020

And while I definitely consider myself more of a writer than a wildlife photographer, for once I have enough good photos to let my pictures do most of the talking. As I learned this week, locals cook the unripe fruit into meat dishes, and eat the ripe fruit raw… as do birds!

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Sparrows Cooking Squirrels Owls 163

Critter News

DECEMBER 25, 2009

This man is a meat-cutter from our home state of Washington. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says Wednesday that William A. Page, a meat cutter from Curlew, was sentenced to a year jail in Ferry County Superior Court after being convicted on six counts of unlawful trafficking in wildlife.

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Trafficking Washington Investigation Meat 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Soon she was lolling on her back on Skye’s bed, exposing her pale, vulnerable stomach in a way most well-adjusted rabbits refuse to do, let alone ones who have been hauled around by their ears en route to the meat market. Wildlife rehabilitators all have their own cuteness appreciation levels, and black vultures send me over the top.

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Rabbits Wildlife Rehabilitation Rabbit Rescue Rescue 233

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2015

Images courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Instead, the name comes from the fact that in falconry, the Goshawk could be used for large prey – geese, yes, and also pheasants, hares, and cranes. Birds Goshawk names Northern Goshawk'

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Falcons Eagles Meat Geese 259

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

Kentucky’s wildlife offices have been flooded with protests, whether written, telephoned or emailed. Go ahead and check out his company, Southern Wildlife Resources LLC. No wonder his state office answering machine has a message on it expounding on the delicious meat of the sandhill crane. That dog don’t hunt.

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Hunting Kentucky Broker Protest 170

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Every time I go to the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival I make sure to go out of my way to spend some time with Snail Kites. 10,000 Birds is a Scrub Jay-level sponsor of the 18th Annual Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. ………. After all, we tend to think of raptors as fast, as powerful, as stealthy.

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Lifestyle Meat Wildlife Florida 210

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2015

And that flight is illegal because EU legislation does not allow export of game meat from Serbia to EU. It is being hunted solely for food, and those who kill them certainly want their meat exported by any criminal channel available. The Turtle Dove is not a trophy animal. No one is going to stuff it and put on a mantlepiece.

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Serbia Slaughter Slaughtered Turtles 270

Critter News

AUGUST 30, 2009

In its biggest seizures of pangolins this year, Malaysia’s Wildlife and National Parks Department confiscated 98 animals from a house in Alor Setar in the northern state of Kedah. Tags: wildlife crime Traditional Chinese Medicine trafficking china malaysia. From Red Orbit. pounds of pangolin scales. pounds of pangolin scales. "We

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Critter News

APRIL 30, 2010

Tags: wildlife trafficking united nations bush meat congo gorillas.

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Critter News

JULY 7, 2009

Trafficking in ivory and game meat has become one of the most lucrative illegal trades in Africa due to rising demand in Asia, experts said on Friday. "In Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa trafficking asia elephants.

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! The interview is scheduled for 10-15 minutes of Monday's one-hour show.

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Puerto Rico Responsible Policies Meat Industry Humane Treatment 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 20, 2008

The temple says the money goes toward caring for the tigers (each animal eats 13 pounds of meat a day) and construction of "Tiger Island," where it is hoped the tigers will soon move to live in larger enclosures.A recent report by wildlife organization, Care for the Wild (CWI).{accuses}

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Tigers Illegal Trafficking Thailand Trafficking 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

Illegal capture for the wild animal trade is an obvious peril for such a charismatic species, but this big blue bird is also hunted both for its meat and feathers. Check out the World Wildlife Fund’s creative campaign to save the Cerrado. The presence of Hyacinth Macaws is an important indicator of a healthy environment.

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Protection Brazil Parrots Paraguay 187

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Meanwhile, he slowly graduated from liquids to defrosted mice: first just organ meat, then skinned and deboned, then just skinned, then the whole mouse. “Oh, No, because after he gains weight and feels better, he’ll go to Mouse School, where he’ll get to practice catching live prey until he’s an expert at doing it by himself.

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Mice Squirrels Hunters New York 209

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The shark is thrown back because shark fins are often more valuable than the meat itself. Shark finning is the practice of removing fins from live sharks with sharp tools, and then tossing the shark back into the ocean. In fact, dried shark fin can go for as much as $300 a pound or more.

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Sharks Asia Endangered Species Hunters 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Meat eating as implied by the foregoing remarks may be more ecologically responsible than a wholly vegetable diet.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. Watch this remarkable video about Wildlife Rescue, and read their blog. It is our duty to save them.”.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India Rescue Wounded 262

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Wolf Lichen is rich in toxic vulpinic acid and in the old days was boiled up with meat and used to poison wolves. The former must have been difficult for this book; conceived during the pandemic, Ackerman still managed to visit wildlife centers, banding stations, and field stations in the United States, South American, and Europe.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 211

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

They were still listed as Endangered, but wildlife management measures taken in this park were clearly working. When I came here for the first time, the Kerkini Lake was the only place in Europe where Dalmatian Pelicans were increasing their numbers. Someone should tell the police who is actually paying them.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 194

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2011

Also known as Meat-bird, Moosebird, and Lumberjack. photos courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Once known as the Canada Jay, but more interestingly by such tags as Camp Robber and Venison Hawk for its habit of hanging around humans and viewing them as a food source. Feel free to add any you know in the comments.

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Hunters Falcons Ducks Montana 181