10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Eyebrowed Thrush has the Latin name obscurus , meaning “dark, dusty” While the HBW lists the species as “Least concern”, BirdingAsia has a paper with the worrying title “Ongoing slaughter of Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus in Sumatra: another species heading for oblivion?”

Birds 147

Birds China Killing Reptiles 147

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

To the Editor: When Nicolette Hahn Niman refers to “a conscientious meat eater,” she is using an oxymoron. Can anyone in good conscience be complicit with the unnecessary suffering and slaughter of another sentient being? Barry Rehfeld New York, Nov. 1, 2009 The writer is the editor of Zero Energy Intelligence.com.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The Latin species name lamigellerus is a Latin phrase for ‘a small, thin, metal plate’ which refers to the flattened feather shafts, especially on the underparts. Preliminary Study of Slaughter Value and Meat Characteristics of 18 Months Ostrich Reared in Hungary. Studies on improving ostrich egg hatchability.

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

Most of this book is about Eurasian Wryneck, as the subtitle indicates, though Red-throated Wryneck is referred to throughout and there is a chapter focused on the species. The latter is a nonmigratory, African endemic with a scattered, limited distribution. and the rural Austrian folk name natterzunge or ‘adder tongue.’

Woodpeckers 224

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 224

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Authors who referred to their animals by given names were instructed to use a string of letters and numbers instead." First of all, whether someone was born in a breeding center, under a porch or in my living room doesn't make them more or less entitled to a life free of enslavement, torture and slaughter.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Still, I can’t help thinking that there is some parallel between the mass slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon in 19th-century North America and the mass slaughter of songbirds in southern European countries today. In both countries, birds have been killed for reasons of food, commerce, and sport. Or spend enough money.

2014 159

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 159

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

He always refers to himself and his wife and his child as "vegetarian." The Nimans move him, as do several other farmers, including one who "apologizes to his animals as they are sent off to slaughter" (244), as if that's any consolation to someone whose life you are about to take when you don't need to. He never says he is.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2023

Oh, and if you want to impress someone or talk to an ornithologist about it, make sure to refer to it as sexual dichromatism. However, a life bulbul might be able to tell the sex (though not from the photos) – apparently, there are sex differences in the UV light range , which birds can see while we cannot.

China 176

China 2017 Birds Indonesia 176

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

There’s even been speculation that all of the first seven gifts are meant to be birds, with the “five gold rings” really referring to “five goldspinks,” an archaic term for the goldfinch. This is a book that will be read with pleasure and amazement by both birders and nonbirders.

Birds 239

Birds Colombia Collecting Bald Eagle 239

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

This is not to say that I'm going to stop what I do; I'm just realistic about how far it will go to address the actual cause of the rampant exploitation and massive slaughter I want to eliminate.

Vegan 100

Vegan Ethics Psychology Slaughter 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Because of their great expense, spices in the Middle Ages were often reserved for feasts celebrating harvests, slaughters, and holy days as the old year waned, particularly around Christmas. True, the name cinnamomeus refers to the reddish-brown plumage of the male and has nothing to do with the spice harvested from Cinnamomum spp.,

Sparrows 138

Sparrows France Asia Europe 138

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

We have given an awful exhibition of slaughter and destruction, which may serve as a warning to all mankind. Of course, by now most people know they have been slaughtered by hunters for their ivory. This is a very disturbing video of Sandhill Cranes being slaughtered by “hunters.”

Hunting 108

Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 108