10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

New Zealand Storm-petrel (right) with White-faced Storm-petrel (left). Little Barrier had rats at one point, so it may have re-colonised, or may be still recovering from the rats. So it was a considerable achievement to find them breeding on one of the largest islands.

New Zealand 143

New Zealand Rats Cooking 2003 143

Critter News

APRIL 7, 2009

For an 11-month period that ended in December, researchers subjected pigs and rats to about 200 blasts, according to Pentagon documents and interviews. They stopped after protests from animal rights groups, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Tags: rats animal experimentation military pigs. Did you know this?

Pigs 100

Pigs Research Ethical Treatment Afghanistan 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2018

They get there by snatching the bread right out of your kid’s hand and maybe whacking him around a bit to boot. If we don’t like that, we should take it right up to the top (maybe she’d like her birds back while we’re at it.).

Species 102

Species San Francisco Rats Zebras 102

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2015

And I am a serious environmentalist, and my heart bleeds every time I take my old car batteries and leftover rat poison and dump them in the river. All these tender, tormented people, spending years crying crocodile tears about maimed and butchered birds, when all they had to do was close the door and keep their lethal property inside. “My

Cats 260

Cats Butcher Birds Pets 260

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Infected rats, for example, no longer shun cat urine but find it an aphrodiasic. It’s also their role as “vectors of disease,” especially toxoplasma gondii. That parasite has the bizarre, powerful ability to manipulate the brain, and reshape the behavior, of its secondary hosts.

Feral Cats 259

Feral Cats Cats Tnr Feral 259

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

Not just dogs though, pet birds, ferrets, and even pet rats are all able to catch a cold from a person. If there is also wheezing involved, it is best to take your dog to the vet right away to rule out other problems that have similar symptoms. It’s that time of the year again when the humans start sniffling and sneezing!

Dogs 100

Dogs Ferrets Vet Rats 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Leaving Fall River, past the local Bank Swallow nesting site , we head over to Rat Farm Road, a hot spot for raptors, leading to Horr Pond and Big Lake. The sparrow popped up right in front of me for about five seconds as I called out “I got it!”

California 103

California Sparrows Birds Philadelphia 103

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2017

That or Albuquerque… Yeah, we were pretty happy to see a bird often referred to as a “rat with wings” (by non-birders of course) because it doesn’t usually vacation in Costa Rica. These are: – Being in the right place at the right time. Must have taken a wrong turn at the nearest parking lot.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica Albuquerque Eagles Panama 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2014

He was right! I got a sewer rat a lady thought was a baby opossum,” chimed in Charis Palmer. “A The best I could do was to finally acknowledge that a swallow was LIKE a falcon, sort of, a predator, and winged insects are sort of like birds, as prey, sort of … right?”. “I “Like these ones, here. Can you ID?”. It always is.

Wildlife 251

Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Falcons Pit Bulls 251

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 Rights 263

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

First of all: most of us don’t have much, because we spend all our money on gauze, antibiotics, and frozen rats. As for nice clothing … right! Second, even if we do, we have discovered through bitter experience that jewelry can either be snatched or, like very small guns, used against us. Oh my, where do I start?”

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Bald Eagle Wildlife Rehabilitation Vet Birds 224

Reddit Animals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

5 or 6 times over the last year I have found decapitated or otherwise "dissassembled" mice or small rats near or under my car. The first time I noticed it, it was actually a rat leg wedged through a bolt hole on my chassis that I noticed hanging under the car. Probably a rat. I moved into this house about a year ago.

Rats 40

Rats Mice Rodents Chipmunks 40

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.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 210

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Just for one day, not to be pooped or puked on and to not find rat guts hanging off my clothes,” wrote Susan in Michigan. Just Desserts. “I’d

Wildlife 247

Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 247

Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

I notice that if I use "animal rights activist" or anything with the word "rights" in it, because it's loaded and misunderstood, my listener often has an immediate bias of some kind. People have a relationship, whether or not they are aware, to the term "animal rights." They've hijacked enough already!

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Animal Advocacy PETA Animal Advocacy 100

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

It's one that's brought on, no doubt, by the acts of vandalism and intimidation of radical animal-rights groups, but I think it also serves to insulate the research community from any responsibility it might otherwise have to increase transparency and public engagement with the work. But the question is how can we properly address that?

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 19, 2012

That’s right, it’s time to get right down to your pet’s level. And, speaking of poisons, talk to your vet before putting down any rat or ant poison, which can sicken your pet before it reaches its intended target. To enjoy the most of your pet (and your home), it’s best to take action with these top 5 pet proofing strategies.

Pets 100

Pets Psychology Cats Rats 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2008

The raptors feed on these things (mice, rats), snakes feed on these things, it’s in the wild food chain and the cat interrupts that because it’s not part of the natural setting.” They just think this is the right thing to do and we don’t. They’re a big impact on wildlife. That’s why I’m concerned,” Frizzell said. ‘‘The

Feral Cats 100

Feral Cats Feral Cats Compassion 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2014

In the IUCN Red List, it is listed as vulnerable because of the high mortality of nestlings that become victims to rats and of adults that end up as a fishery bycatch. This shearwater is a Mediterranean endemic, breeding from Sardinia and Corsica to the Adriatic and the Aegean. But, the Yelkouan Shearwater is also a lifer for me! diomedea ).

Greece 235

Greece Malta Croatia Birds 235

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2023

So though I visited Lynford, I didn’t see a Hawfinch on this occasion as I wasn’t there at the right time, though I did meet a number of hopeful Hawfinch hunters (HHHs), none of whom reported a sighting. Sadly, many fail, as the finches favour the hornbeams for roosting, so are best seen at dawn or dusk, rarely in the middle of the day.

Barn Owls 214

Barn Owls Japan Rats Owls 214

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. 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.

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 30, 2011

Choosing the right pet for your child is key. For these folks, I recommend a nontraditional pet like a rat or a guinea pig. Rats are extremely cuddly, they don’t bite and they only live two years. By Dr. Tim Hunt, DVM. Children can learn so many valuable lessons by caring for a pet.

Compassion 100

Compassion Guinea Pigs Purebred Animal 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

You’d think, then, that applying science to philosophy by studying the evolutionary underpinnings of thought and behavior across species would be right up my alley. Right away, we have a definition problem — those who hold to any kind of mind-body dualism are unlikely to be swayed by the ideas in this book.

Morals 110

Morals Animal Humane Research 110

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Unfortunately for the hunters these were already all extinct, and with the introduction of cats, rats, stoats and the like the only upland game bird, the New Zealand Quail , was fast on the way out too. Genetic studies have suggested that some birds are hard to place as having hybrid ancestors.

Species 166

Species New Zealand Ducks Game 166

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2023

He was very alert now, scanning the right bank with his eagle eyes. In short, I truly believe that there still are, maybe not plenty but a good number of species that to this day go unnoticed to the scientific eye, but are surely known to the indigenous peoples (the best example is the newly discovered giant rat from the Solomon Islands).

Solomon Islands 219

Solomon Islands Ecuador Colombia Brazil 219

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. In the lower right-hand corner we see the partial figure of a bespectacled hiker. This plate is right at the center of the book.

Puerto Rico 235

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 235

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

After getting his engineering degree from the University of Minnesota he worked in the Standard-American-Rat-Race-Company for fifteen years. Wicked, right? After climbing the ladder to where he could no longer see the ground, he decided to jump off the ladder and migrate south like all normal birds do. Hat-tip to Stella.

Ecuador 196

Ecuador 2011 Deer New York 196

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 1, 2011

He’s only about the size of a rat.”. And you said a poodle, right?”. I made a mental note to get a tetanus shot. Then I noticed that several family members were also nursing bleeding wounds. This is ridiculous,” I said, more to myself than my family. But mean as a rattlesnake,” Barb’s sister said. Not a standard?”. “No, A poodle.”.

Pit Bulls 100

Pit Bulls AKC Rattlesnake Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

And birders spend a lot of their time watching the tree-crowns and, in the right place, spotting many other tree-dwellers. No, Madagascar is the most famous for an endemic group of mammals: lemurs, sifakas, indri, aye-aye – in total, 112 endemic species and subspecies of lemurs alone!

Madagascar 244

Madagascar Mammals Lemurs Seychelles 244

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

I went into a cage of young Great Horned Owls one night carrying thawed rats,” said Linda Hufford. “I When I threw my arms out for balance it apparently set off a life-like movement of rats, which one of the GHOs couldn’t resist. Yeah right! Right now I have a nice hickey on my arm from a Canada Goose.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 168

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 168

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2019

Through the Rat-penat houses, enveloped in their lush green gardens, the road winds up the edge of a limestone gorge towards the Garraf nature park (pronounced a bit like barking, garrrrAf). right next to us. As we enter the car, a Sardinian Warbler sings behind us, laughing out loudly.

Terrapins 183

Terrapins Eagles Europe Rats 183

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Perhaps the most telling thing in Bloxam’s notes is the following: We saw quantities of rats with long tails, different in appearance from the common South Sea rat and resembling in color and almost in size the Norway rat. Rats did it in, as they did so many species. (I relied upon it heavily for this article.).

Killing 170

Killing Rats Cooking Norway 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2018

The ferry is a very nice powered catamaran, that moves right along at 18-20 knots, but in 3-4 meter seas, that will make for a pretty bumpy ride. Imported rats, Short-tailed Weasels, or Stoats as they are know as here, 0possums, and feral cats have caused the extinction of literally dozens of bird species here in New Zealand.

Penguins 117

Penguins New Zealand Albatross Feral Cats 117

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2018

The disappearance of vultures has allowed other species such as rat and [stray] dog populations to grow. A vulture’s metabolism is a true “dead-end” for pathogens, but dogs and rats become carriers of the pathogens. Oddly, I saw no rats, only a mongoose or two and a few stray dogs.

India 132

India Stray Dog Cows Rats 132

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

Homemakers employ deadly rat traps and poisons to rid their dwellings of vermin. In university labs nationwide, scientists inflict spinal-cord injuries on dogs and cats, inject rats with carcinogens, test dangerous drugs on monkeys, and do all kinds of evil things to guinea pigs in the name of scientific research.

Michael Vick 100

Michael Vick Guinea Pigs Animal Cruelty Animal Abuse 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

What right do we have to even exist when our very existence as humanity is what has caused a rate of extinction not seen except during cataclysmic events? Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Fly in airplanes? Drink coffee? Keep cats outdoors? What a horror!

Mauritius 171

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 171

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2018

For birders who know the importance of being in just the right habitat in finding a particular species, this isn’t at all an unfamiliar idea. While the city brewer might contend with urban vermin like rats and pigeons, the country vintner generally enjoys the company of more charismatic wildlife.

2014 113

2014 Milwaukee California Industry 113