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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Birkhead, the experienced storyteller who is also Emeritus Professor at the School of Biosciences, The University of Sheffield, author of multiple scientific articles as well as books of popular science, knows how to make it readable and fun. It’s a huge scope for a 338-page book. The images tie directly to the text.

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Another Thumbs Up for Avian Radar?

10,000 Birds

Sullenberger is just one of a number of aviation experts quoted in a new National Geographic article, “Bloody Skies: The Fight to Reduce Deadly Bird-Plane Collisions.” ” (Note: You’ll need to register for free to read it.) ” Birding'

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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

In fact, a recent article in the Economist on Singapore’s rewilding states “The oriental pied hornbill (pictured), with its extraordinary ivory casque, had been locally extinct for a century. Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”.

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Cats and chicks

10,000 Birds

in the USA, a 2013 article states , the number reaches 3.7 There is a cat curfew for domestic animals in some states and a cull has been instigated to try to reduce the number of feral felines, currently estimated at 2 million. billion bird deaths.

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Contrarian Nonsense About the Seal Slaughter

Critter News

The increasingly shrill condemnation of Canada's seal cull is based on a view of humans as bloodthirsty destroyers of nature. So, he pens this little poisonous article to see what kind of reaction he can get. I would rather stand with the seal bashers than with these people bashers. And so it goes.

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Forget About Equal, How About Alive

Animal Person

The article, by the way, touts the technological advancement that allows the sperm of dairy bulls to be "sexed," thereby allowing dairy farmers to choose to "produce" more females, who are more valuable to them. Since January the program has culled about 230,000 cows nationwide." And the day-old calves. what if those were human babies?

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Mysterious Sled Dog Deaths

Critter News

Full article at the BBC News. Throats slit' The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in British Columbia, alleged that an Outdoor Adventures employee was told to cull the dogs in April last year. Bad allegations connected to Whistler.

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