10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. Blackbirds and Song Thrushes were also problematic for fruit growers, but it was rabbits that quickly became enemy number one for the fledgling colony, as they striped the ground bare in farm after farm.

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2013

As the cadet tells the camera, “I’m relieved … but I’m kinda sad, too, I just got to know him,” a hawk enters, stage left, grabs the mouse, and exits, stage right. “No!” My heart goes out to the cadet (the hawk is probably awfully fond of him right now, too). cries the cadet. “He He didn’t even last five minutes!”.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 161

Wildlife Rehabilitation Coyotes Wounded Rabbits 161

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2022

“I am not bad-looking, I am just badly photographed”: A Bay Woodpecker (Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia) using a joke from “Roger Rabbit” The pinkish eyerings of the Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tansa, India) make it look as if it is constantly suffering from a hangover.

Woodpeckers 221

Woodpeckers South Africa China Singapore 221

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 16, 2011

Complete with great tips on how to decide if a pet bunny is right for you. Easter Rabbit Adoptathon Blog Hop. And as always, if you decide a bunny is the right pet for your family, please check Petfinder.com to find a bunny in need of a good home. 5 Ways to Help the Easter Bunny. Cute ideas on how to celebrate Easter.

Rabbits 100

Rabbits Pets Campaign Adoptable 100

Critter News

JUNE 14, 2010

Malaysia, under pressure from animal rights activists, is going to investigate Progenix Labs. Animal rights campaigners have accused the Progenix Research lab, which uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing, of poisoning the animals to death.

Malaysia 100

Malaysia Investigation Rodents Rabbits 100

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 10, 2014

We start right off with some crazy shenanigans that center around Paul dressing like a rabbit as part of a fund raising attempt. Pets Aplenty draws on experiences in his life as a vet, but told through the eyes of his alter ego, Paul Mitchell. So, let’s chat about the book!

Pets 100

Pets Vet Rabbits Zoos 100

Critter News

JUNE 24, 2010

The veterinary services department launched a probe this month after animal rights campaigners accused the Progenix Research lab based in the northern state of Penang of cruelty to animals. The lab, which is run by the Britain-based Alpha Biologics, uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing.

Malaysia 100

Malaysia Research Rodents Investigation 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Explanations are simple: only a mother rabbit or a highly trained rehabilitator has a chance of raising and releasing a healthy wild bunny. Teach her to do the right thing, even if it makes her a little sad, because help without knowledge is no help at all. That is, until … you get the picture.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 257

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Feral Cats Hamburgers 257

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead. Sometimes, I feel that competing bird conservation groups are trying too hard to get my attention and give the impression that just by sitting here on my futon and breathing, I have killed several birds. I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead.

Rabbits 154

Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Then, to finish the week, we visited the famous, and not necessarily for all the right reasons, Malhuer Wildlife Refuge. The first part of the week, we parked the RV at a campground right on the water, of Dog Lake, 20 miles southwest of Lakeview, Oregon. I only ran across this one Clark’s Grebe mixed in with in the groups of Westerns.

Oregon 114

Oregon Owls Wildlife Barn Owls 114

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

Inspire me to try a little harder to get that composition just right, to get that jaw-dropping moment. One wouldn’t tether a rabbit out to get a shot of a fox or a coyote, or is that somehow different? Photos that capture great behaviour, and the incredible beauty of birds. Should I worry about how those photos were obtained?

Owls 186

Owls Mice Tethering Chickens 186

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead. Sometimes, I feel that competing bird conservation groups are trying too hard to get my attention and give the impression that just by sitting here on my futon and breathing, I have killed several birds. I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead.

Rabbits 113

Rabbits Killing Canada Farming 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2014

At any rate, my brief visit to Sepilok showed me that it is a worthy destination in its own right. We heard, but didn’t see, a Brown Wood-ow l, and best of all a massive cat-sized Red Giant Flying Squirrel and a rabbit-sized Sunda Stink-badger. It isn’t worth worrying about too much.

Badgers 160

Badgers Skunks Squirrels Rabbits 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Everyone talks about human rights and there exists so many groups that are either governmental or non-governmental who work toward that cause. But, what about the rights of those who cannot defend themselves? In the Far East they keep birds of prey which they use to capture other animals such as foxes and rabbits.

Honduras 185

Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2012

We hope this is the right decision – only time will tell! Arctic Hare also were largely ignored by predators and bred, well, like rabbits. We thought about doing an intervention but then decided that this post is so loaded with awesome pictures (boxing hares!) Hares take advantage of the warming sun to forage on hill sides.

Rabbits 201

Rabbits Breeding Litter Raised 201

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

THEY’VE BEEN FEEDING HIM LOW-SALT HAM,” she wrote, all in caps, then added some choice commentary which I can’t seem to locate right now, but which inspired all her rehabber friends to add their two cents. “A Perhaps she had been watching Monty Python’s Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.). “I wrote Maryjane Angelo.

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

Animal Person

APRIL 22, 2009

How ridiculous is it that " On the Psychological Continuum ," to say nothing of an article against rabbit fur, is on the same page as Gabriella's Fur Den? I may have just gotten myself fired from Animal Rights Zone. So this was in my e-mail box this morning. Perhaps there is a filter of some find at work. Here's my question for you.

Fur 100

Fur Animal Cruelty Psychology Rabbits 100

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.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 257

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

That’s right! Dogs, cats, birds (given there is no avian bird flu alert), rabbits and non-venomous reptiles are allowed. It sounds a bit over-the-top but a lot of people have experienced separation anxiety when they go for days without seeing their pets. Well, why not take your furry pals with you? At Disneyland, you can!

Pets 100

Pets Kennels Rabbits Reptiles 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Whilst catfish have around 100,000 taste buds, rabbits around 17,000 and humans approximately 9,000, birds rarely exceed 100 of these receptors. New studies are beginning to show that smell may be an important part in these birds finding the right nest and/or partner under cover of darkness. Let’s talk about taste.

Birds 208

Birds Mammals Mozambique New Zealand 208

Animal Person

JULY 26, 2009

How do they know what's right? That would be like brainwashing, and that's just not right. But I have to be realistic and reasonable, as it's not like the whole world is going to go vegan just because it's the right thing to do. And I don't think vegans believe in God, and I don't trust anyone who doesn't believe in God.

Vegan 100

Vegan Animal Suffering Rabbits 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2013

I hid behind my futon while my pet rabbit Dougal peered up at my from beneath it. To the birds trapped in the dark, a chainsaw is terrifying, they could flutter right into its path as he cut. “I . “I should maybe step away from my window,” I thought. This one didn’t stop. And rain flooded my neighborhood.

Minneapolis 213

Minneapolis Birds Woodpeckers Baltimore 213

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

I took home a few of the pellets and found that the owls were feasting on grey squirrels and cottontail rabbits. He was so excited when I described what I had and came right up to meet me. Check out the bones that are clearly visible, you wouldn’t find that with a hawk pellet.

Bats 199

Bats Dissection Owls Minnesota 199

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Today I’m exploring a couple questions that have been bouncing in my head for a while…I’d love to hear your thoughts…I’m not calling into question animal rights, just the focus of the movement. – The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive Animal rights. This makes perfect sense.

Animal Rights Movement 203

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

He had stalked the nest for days, waiting for just the right time when she would be on the verge of fledging, then took her into his care. It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel.

Falcons 171

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 171

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

The law was enacted to prevent the sale of videos depicting wanton cruelty to animals, such as “crush videos” in which a scantily clad woman, whose face is unseen, kills helpless animals such as rabbits and kittens by stomping on them with spike heels or her bare feet. Similarly, child pornography is not protected by the First Amendment.

Pit Bulls 40

Pit Bulls Animal Cruelty Laws Animal 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. They are part of the scarab beetle complex and over 300 species have been described, occurring not only in Africa but also Europe, Asia and the Americas. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!

Buffalo 195

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 195

Reddit Animals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Lots of squirrels, chipmunks, deer, rabbits. 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. but that's pretty much it for mammals.

Rats 40

Rats Mice Rodents Chipmunks 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2019

All right, I’ll admit that I do have a bit of fondness for our resident empid species. They seem to exist only to send you down a rabbit hole of eye ring shape and primary projection. I am happy to say that I have not seen these species.). Harder to tell from the migratories. Ah, but those migratory species!

West Virginia 136

West Virginia Mexico Illinois Rabbits 136

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2015

There are 104 of these artistic bollards and each group has a rabbit painted on it somewhere for children to find! The following bollards show a group of life-savers and one on the right appears to be carrying a Pacific Gull. You can see one of the rabbits on the second bollard from the right. Bird collector bollard.

Rabbits 157

Rabbits Bats Pelicans 2003 157

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Rabbits were introduced to the island by guano miners, which turned the previously verdant island into a giant sand dune; almost all vegetation was wiped out. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. What a horror! What a disaster! What a wrong!

Albatross 198

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 198

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

It is a book with a careful infrastructure, however (even though it doesn’t have an index), with references to one section from another, enabling the curious reader to go down structured rabbit holes, pursuing information on nesting or skeletal systems or feather structure throughout the book. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

2020 262

2020 Birds Groups North America 262

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2015

We ended with 7 species of mammal, including River Otter, Gray Fox, and Marsh Rabbit, but the highlight may have been a little Canebrake Rattlesnake crossing the road at the Bodie Island lighthouse, a lifer herp for me. “Heron high going right! Photo by Nate Swick. “ (American) BITTERN !” Is that Tricolored (Heron) ?”

North Carolina 150

North Carolina Rattlesnake Sparrows Owls 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Now, most people are dealing with grackles on their northward migration right now. She wrote the books Disapproving Rabbits and City Birds/Country Birds. Wicked, right? I also keep offering non-melting suet dough well into the summer, because I enjoy watching adult woodpeckers teaching their young how to feed from it.

2011 185

2011 Birds Woodpeckers Blackbirds 185

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. The Painted Snipe is another bird in Australia that is under threat and was actually only determined to be a species in its own right rather than a migratory species from the north, in recent years. What a horror!

Species 174

Species Australia Birds Parrots 174

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

was advertised to online customers as having an "imitation rabbit fur collar." Macy's should do the right thing and take out television and newspaper ads inviting anyone who purchased such a falsely-labeled jacket from any of its stores an opportunity to return the jackets for a full refund.

Fur 40

Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40