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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

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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Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

10,000 Birds

The hunters who do not eat their crows) “are providing a smorgasbord for other wildlife!” Foxes, coons, coyotes, possums and hawks all get a free meal that lasts for days on some of the larger shoots.”. It was written by Bob Aronsohn, who, in December 2013, killed his 150,000th crow.

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You’re Not Helping

10,000 Birds

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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Bird art on grain silos

10,000 Birds

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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Where the Kingfishers Are

10,000 Birds

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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Australian Fireman Honored by Animal Rights Activists

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The defendant faces 21 counts of murder, and Peta also wants to see him charged with cruelty to animals (as) it has been reported that over a million native animals may have been killed in the fires in Victoria, including kangaroos, koalas, possums, lizards and birds,' Peta said in a statement.

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