10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. Ferrets, stoats and weasels were released and quickly became destructive vermin in their own right, quickly causing the extinction of the Laughing Owl and stymieing efforts to establish game birds. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Even wiping out one species, like possums, or stoats, or hedgehogs is probably beyond current methods. He isn’t arguing against cats kept in the home, and he is right in my mind to blast the SPCA for doing trap neuter release in New Zealand (something I wasn’t aware anyone was stupid enough to think was a good idea here).
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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. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans.
Animal Ethics
MAY 9, 2008
It was right on the curb and I was concerned about it getting run over. Usually possums this small are with their mothers. Birds, possums, same problem. Keith, Here is a photo of a little guy we found across the street. It was chewing on the remains of a little bird that had fallen out of its nest. We took positive action.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2014
Defenders of the gun club accused me of lying, of distorting facts, of being anti-hunting, of being an animal rights activist, of being allied with the dreaded Friends of Animals, of hiding my true agenda (gun control), and of being unconcerned that animal lovers were supposedly threatening members of the gun club with death.
Reddit Animals
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
We do have a possum and a raccoon that live somewhere on the property. the last part is raptor behavior but I can't imagine what kind of bird would be small enough to choose this space when there's 300 yds of chain link fence right there, and I've yet to see a dead squirrel, rabbit or chipmunk.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2012
More importantly, it is a fantastic area to watch birds in its own right. The highlight of the night was a Striped Possum, a large squirrel sized possum with black and white striped fur. Most of these were easy enough to find on later dates,along with the smaller native Bush Rats, but I only saw one Striped Possum.
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