10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2023

Before I was born, it used to be a rare breeding species in mountainous areas south of Belgrade, but became extinct after the 1960s due to intensive poisoning of wolves. I dipped it some years back — I am not aware of any local sightings since, and to this day have never seen it. After that period it was observed very rarely as a vagrant.

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Critter News

APRIL 30, 2012

Wolves kill elk - But King Gustaf wants to kill the elk so he wants to get rid of wolves And why does he want to do that? Unfortunately, he's also one of the presidents of the World Wildlife Fund whose Swedish chapter supports the maintenance of the wolf population. From Wildlife Extra.

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Critter News

MARCH 17, 2009

of Fish and Game hopes to kill up to 328 wolves in order to protect caribou calves. Tags: wolves. The Alaska Dept. The LA Times Greenspace blog has the story.

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Critter News

AUGUST 29, 2008

In addition to killing wolves from airplanes, Palin supports paying cash to those that cut off their left leg and bring it in for a cash prize. Tags: Palin wolves. How's that for state socialism?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2021

But I have to admit that seeing some of the wolves, foxes, asses, and sheep of Dulan county is nice, at least as long as they do not stand in front of some exciting birds. The Bearded Vulture looks surprisingly like the Night King in “Game of Thrones” Probably not a coincidence. A juvenile nearby. Blue Sheep.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2015

I was told by some researchers that in Botswana trackers watch for this species when looking for Painted Wolves (or African Wild Dogs) as they follow packs to snatch up prey and scraps. I saw these individuals in Imfolozi Game Reserve, where they were hanging around a kill.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Tags: Wingnuts Palin wolves.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 12, 2008

Tags: Palin wolves.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2015

It isn’t just tourists and game hunters that like them though; Painted Wolves are also big fans, as they are easier to bring down than the larger species but have more meat to eat than a small duiker. The crest on the back becomes erect during breeding displays.

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Critter News

JULY 3, 2009

Tags: Palin wolves.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Good news for wolves in the Great Lakes area. The ruling today affects wolves in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. TRAVERSE CITY - State officials say they're not pleased with a federal court's ruling overturning the government's decision to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list for the Great Lakes region.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

Tags: cull montana idaho wolves.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2024

On another trip, this time to Slovakia, I heard wolves howling, a wonderfully spine-tingling sound. No, not an Arctic Fox, but a Red Fox in Arctic Finland I may not have seen many wolves, but I have seen lots of foxes (or what I should perhaps call red foxes). At the time we were looking, without success, for White-backed Woodpeckers.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

"Wolves are very resourceful. All they need to survive is for people not to shoot them." — Bob Ferris.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Reasons for this situation are numerous.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 25, 2008

OK, it doesn't have a lot to do with "critters" per se, other then the fact that it deals with That One that approves of killing wolves and polar bears. And it's really really funny. And hey, the title also uses the word vet in TWO different ways that don't mean veterinarian.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2015

However, they tend to be rather secretive due to hunting pressure (by humans, not too many wolves yet in Germany), and are therefore a rare sight especially in densely populated areas. In Germany, our most common large mammalian predator is the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes. Foxes are very common in Germany and occur even within cities.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

It's because she's a global warming denying wingnut who also has rotten policies regarding predator control (in this case wolves). In this case, it's been Sarah Palin's rotten attitude towards animals. And no, that's not because she is a hunter. And yes, we have posted about her before she became VP nominee.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous. Jean Paul Sartre said it, though I can’t for the life of me (ha!) find the context.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

And it may have been for reasons other then what we would like: A new study of dogs worldwide, the largest of its kind, suggests a different answer, one that any dog-owner is bound to find repulsive: Wolves may have first been domesticated for their meat.

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Critter News

AUGUST 30, 2008

For me, I've been deluged for months by Defenders of Wildlife material about Alaska's heartless treatment of wolves. I hope that the scrutiny of Palin will do something about Alaska's unfair and cruel treatment of wolves. Why has John McCain chosen Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, as a running mate? Man, that's COLD!" It is cold.

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Critter News

MARCH 13, 2010

Examples include panda bears, wolves, elephants, tigers, etc. We hear about the problem with charismatic land species. It's those species that either have a powerful personality or a cute face that endear people to them and garner news attention. It's the same problem with marine life.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. Hare suspects that the evolutionary pressures that turned suspicious wolves into outgoing dogs were similar to the ones that turned combative apes into cooperative humans. Evolving Gifts.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

Ethiopian Wolf Also known as the Simien Wolf or Fox, this long-legged canid is an ancient relict of former times when Timber Wolves had more expansive ranges. This image of two males is from the Sululta Plains. They have now evolved to survive mostly on rodents of high elevation moorlands in Ethiopia’s mountains.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

You will see everything from bald eagles, wolves and deer, to wild turtles, baby ducklings and other animals. In the newest mini-series, Wild Mississippi, viewers will get to see how the Mississippi river can both nurture and destroy. Who knew our country was so diverse in just one region?

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Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2009

First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales. And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?)

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Animal Ethics

MAY 30, 2008

Here is a New York Times editorial opinion about the removal of the gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) from the endangered-species list. The editorial board of the Times is intellectually dishonest, so please don't let this be your only source of information about the delisting. Here , for example, is a news release from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2013

Depending on a visitor’s luck, one can see moose and wolves, hear Boreal Owls or Townsend’s Warblers. That was then. Today, the camas fields rest protected in the vast bosom of the Clearwater National Forest. But the camas themselves require no luck, only timing.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 25, 2010

Future episodes of Expedition Wild will focus on the wild wolves of Yellowstone; a journey with Casey trekking through Yellowstone during two key seasons — winter and spring — documenting every living thing he encounters; and a one-hour special with the complete history of his relationship with Brutus.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Dogs are similarly dispersed across size ranges, with Foxes, Coyotes, and Wolves taking prey across different parts of the size range. There is not a wild cat, such as the Wildcat, in North America, at that lower end of the size range for cats. That part of the carnivore landscape is taken by other animals.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Where the nearby military base has a pack of wolves on it. They’re just there, and the people in the Anchorage area just have to work their lives in around them. This is a place where moose wander through neighborhoods. Where bears are loose and grouse wander around with impunity. It’s pretty great. I was off to St.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2017

When I was a kid I loved books like My Side of the Mountain , Island of the Blue Dolphins , and Julie of the Wolves.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2012

adding wolves, who displace coyotes) can dramatically change the ecology and directly affect species diversity and abundance. If cats displace ferrets, then that probably means that birds are getting hit harder than rodents, and among birds, adult birds are getting hit harder than eggs or hatchlings.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 14, 2012

We loved seeing penguins, whales, polar bears, and wolves. We have loved seeing places that few people ever get to see, and learning about the interesting wildlife that lives there. We watched in amazement as a furry caterpillar froze and thawed each year until finally becoming a moth at age 14!

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

Keep women in their place and remember to hunt and kill the wolves and any other animal that gets in their way. The traditional (some say stereotypical) qualities of compassion, cooperation, empathy, and intuition are missing. She represents a part of the American society that fears everything and wants to turn back the clock.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

The park did have a pack of African Wild Dogs, or Painted Wolves, the species I had gone to Africa to see. This was conducted across the middle of the day, which, from the back of of a truck was quite demanding, be it the blistering African sun or the torrential downpours.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2016

The park also has Cheetahs and Painted Wolves (and while I didn’t see the later, they are fairly reliable). It was here I managed to finally find my Brown Hyaena, making that family the first family of mammals of which I have seen every species (Spotted, Brown, Striped Hyaenas and Aardwolf)). I never get bored of Giraffes. Or Cheetahs.

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