10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2018

In Western Australia there has been a project running for several years now to beautify grain silos and several have now been painted with native wildlife. The main pollinators are the Honey Possum and the New Holland Honeyeater and they have both been painted onto the silos. New Holland Honeyeater.

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Possums Australia Birds 2016 100

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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 267

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MARCH 14, 2012

I decided to go to KPBL after my first day in Cairns and use the place as my base with which to explore the Atherton Tableland, a high area to the west of Cairns famous for its wildlife. The highlight of the night was a Striped Possum, a large squirrel sized possum with black and white striped fur.

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MARCH 28, 2014

Contest killing – where individuals or teams gun down as many of a single species as they can within a specific time period, with prizes going to the winner(s) – is legal all over the country. The hunters who do not eat their crows) “are providing a smorgasbord for other wildlife!”

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The subject is one that comes up a lot in this blog and other bird blogs, the subject of cats and their effect on wildlife. As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand.

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New Zealand Possums SPCA Cats 124