10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2013

Yes, I did mean to use all caps because if you don’t… Birds like European Starlings will be all over that like ugly on a pig. Both are non-native species in Minnesota and drive out native flickers, bluebirds and other cavity nesters to take over to raise their own young. Clearly, the patch job didn’t work.

Sparrows 164

Sparrows Squirrels Birds Minnesota 164

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Syngenta warns that “Talon” is “hazardous to dogs, cats, pigs, poultry and other wildlife.” Like Syngenta’s “Talon,” “Jaguar”s active ingredient is brodifacoum, which has killed mountain lions, bobcats, and house cats, plus all of the species mentioned above. Motomco also makes “Jaguar” and “Tomcat,” complete with cat icons, of course.

Mountain Lions 255

Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 255

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2015

The Juni Rail is considered by some to be a sub-species of the wide-spread Black Rail seems. Llamas and wild guinea pigs are also found here. A local birding guide born and raised at the very shores of Lake Junin. From thousands of birds throughout the lake, Junin Grebes are thought to range between 80 to 300 birds.

Guinea Pigs 154

Guinea Pigs Llamas Peru Guinea 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

But, as with so many other species, these birds have been left to do their own whistle blowing. West Indian Whistling Ducks are the largest of the eight different whistling duck species. The whistling duck call carries with it the crimes of big business, the failures of governments and the ignorance of irresponsible hunters.

Antigua and Barbuda 214

Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 214

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

They all went extinct since 1500 and they are only eight of the nearly two hundred species that have blinked out since then. Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. The eight species above still exist. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again.

Mauritius 171

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 171

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

The question can be raised: Why should these organisms be killed and others not be killed? KBJ: Humans and pigs are not just sentient, which already distinguishes them from microorganisms; they are, in Tom Regan’s terminology, “subjects of a life.” What should our moral attitude be toward eating members of these species?

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40