Critter News

APRIL 24, 2012

But the disease has dealt a crippling blow to the industry in the past, especially when foreign countries refused to import American beef when mad cow was first uncovered in 2003. The sale of cattle and calves was a $1.82-billion Beef cattle are raised in nearly every California county. The state also hosts 1.84

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Cows California Meat Industry Nebraska 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

Beset by poaching by cattle ranchers, habitat loss, DDT, and lead poisoning (from consuming shotgun pellets embedded in the condor’s carrion fare), populations of this enormous New World vulture fell into a serious decline in the twentieth century. A portion of all draft and bottle sales of Condor Kolsch will be donated to these programs.

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California Condor Oregon California Zoos 150

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

When Nadeem and Mohammed first began in 2003, few veterinarians would suture the wounds of birds, saying they were too small. When a tree filled with nestling Cattle Egrets collapsed, 60 orphans took up temporary residence in the house.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India Rescue Wounded 263

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Many have been shot since the project started, despite a great deal of publicity raising awareness of the birds. On a visit in October 2022, I found ibises feeding with cattle in scruffy roadside paddocks adjacent to the marismas ( photographs below ). Here they were easy to overlook.

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