10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

She is an excellent mother, managing not only to feed her four large cubs, but their visiting father One-eyed who comes by every now and then (he has two more families and being the good father he is, visits them all regularly, usually around lunch time). Tiger’s historic range in about 1850 (pale yellow) and in 2006 (in green).

Tigers 235

Tigers India Killing 2006 235

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one.

2011 238

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 238

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

These strange birds are two species in their own family; White-necked or Yellow-headed, endemic to the Upper Guinea forests and Grey-necked or Red-headed, restricted to Lower Guinea forests. Whether permits being issued are for selective harvesting or not, what is undeniable is that these reserves are being clear-felled.

Ghana 186

Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 186