10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2024

According to the British Trust for Ornithology’s BirdFacts website, “Although a small number of vagrant Red-breasted Geese from the declining arctic Siberian breeding population winter in Britain each year, the species is popular in wildfowl collections and many birds are of captive origin.

Bulgaria 130

Bulgaria Geese Romania Estonia 130

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2012

Understanding that threats to animals can range from illegal trafficking to utter exploitation, these leaders strive to promote the safety and protection sanctuaries offer our fury, feathered, four-legged friends.

Humane Society Of The United States 100

Humane Society Of The United States Illegal Trafficking Animal Animal Sanctuary 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

By collecting all the material used in their books in their database HBW Alive– starting with Handbook of the Birds of the World and continuing with bird guides like this one–they are essentially creating a database of avian illustration which they can draw on for future publications. Lynx is taking a different approach.

Indonesia 184

Indonesia Brunei Malaysia Papua New Guinea 184

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. The only answer I can come up with is that they collect fees from those users and view them as their only source of revenue. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act.

Fish 185

Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 185

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The law speaks specifically and narrowly to the distribution for profit of videos that show illegal acts of cruelty actually being performed on live animals (my italics). Only a very narrow range of activities come under the sweep of this law, and all of them are illegal.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Animal Cruelty Cruelty 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway. Cases of illegal shooting are still reported (…in 2009 in the Danube Delta) and hunting is considered one of the main threats for the east Asian population.

Serbia 203

Serbia Montenegro Greece Bulgaria 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

” The website www.jwcpheasants.com seems to endorse polygamy for this species despite this being illegal in the USA for other animals such as humans. malayana had been collected. The site states that in captivity, “two hens can be paired with one male.” hardwickii and C.

Burma 246

Burma Vietnam Birds Laos 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

The reasons that these ten have been selected is to illustrate some of the myriad reasons that Africa’s birds are being driven to extinction; from commercial overfishing, powerline collisions, illegal trade, poisoning, traditional medicine usage, overgrazing and conversion of specialized habitats into agricultural land.

Endangered Species 238

Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 238

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Even collecting one piece after another, I didn’t manage to see the whole picture, but after a lot of effort, I collected enough pieces to ID the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler , only the first of a dozen that will be chock chock chocking from fruiting mulberries.

Greece 203

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 203

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

But every photo is clearly here for a reason, whether to show juvenile plumage or large egg clutches or illegal trapping (many of the images in the Challenges and Conservation chapter are from CABS, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter). Merriam-Webster, [link].

Woodpeckers 264

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand Europe 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. That’s pretty much the reaction of anybody hearing this for the first time.

Collecting 145

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2024

When not climbing, he collected species, and thus a number of birds are named after him. John Whitehead (1860-1899) was a British explorer who once a year starting in 1885 tried to climb Mount Kinabalu and finally succeeded in 1888, the first person to do so. Leave the bad jokes to me, please.

Indonesia 246

Indonesia Birds Charlotte Breeding 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

It’s a very mixed chapter. The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience.

New York City 227

New York City New York Birds Breeding 227

4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 6, 2012

Armed with a hidden camera and a borrowed puppy, the team arrests an underground veterinarian suspected of illegal ear cropping and responds to an extreme case of animal hoarding, where 15 cats are found living in unbearable conditions. Philly Undercover: Fight Night. Saturday, January 7, at 10 p.m. Philly Undercover: The Raid.

2012 100

2012 Dogs Pit Bulls Neglecting 100

Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2007

Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., Illinoisans breathed a collective sigh of relief. We relax and let out a sigh of relief, and just as we let our guard down, the wicked monster suddenly reemerges (from the flames or the lake or the bathtub or the earth itself) to kill again and again.

Horse Slaughter 40

Horse Slaughter Horses Slaughter Slaughtered 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects uses stuff, redefined as ‘objects’, a term that gives an archival sheen to everyday items, to tell our collective history. I expected a picture book; I got a collection of essays! 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no. More seriously, entries on the Winchester shotgun (no.

Mauritius 186

Mauritius Egypt Cyprus Collecting 186

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2020

And especially when the event can be leveraged to promote conservation, birds, and help with the fight against the illegal bird trade? Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo is always tough and unreliable, we got collectively lucky when a local birder found one at Rincon de la Vieja , one of the better sites for this shy species in Costa Rica!

Costa Rica 275

Costa Rica 2020 Birds Morals 275

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl).

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2020

Although there has been a split in the courts , “incidental take” has generally been considered within the scope of the MBTA, so harming or killing migratory birds has been illegal regardless of intent. During that time period approximately $105 million in fines and penalties were collected, mostly from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Industry 328

Industry Birds Laws Maryland 328

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2021

Although there has been a split in the courts , “incidental take” has generally been considered within the scope of the MBTA, so harming or killing migratory birds has been illegal regardless of intent. During that time period approximately $105 million in fines and penalties were collected, mostly from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Maryland 264

Maryland Obama New Jersey Illinois 264