10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Quite possibly, this laughingthrush is now locally extinct in Switzerland or at least in Basel. Some like Charles Vaurie have considered it so unreliable that they even suggested the destruction of his egg collection.” ” Well, at least he was not involved in the slave trade.

Burma 246

Burma India Thailand Indonesia 246

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 30, 2007

Basis of this collection are the interdisciplinary lectures on Animal Rights which took place from April to October 2006 at Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg (Germany).

Germany 40

Germany Animal Ethics Switzerland Netherlands 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

A few dead birds were collected by authorities and sent to a laboratory for investigation. It subsequently spread to Budapest/ Hungary (2005, 2006), Zürich/ Switzerland (2006), and north-east Italy (2008/2009). The Usutu Virus has spread considerably in central Europe over the last 10 years.

Germany 197

Germany Blackbirds 2006 Denmark 197

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills goes on to give greater detail of the former nesting sites in Europe: it could once be found “in southern Germany and Austria, in the valleys of the upper Rhine and Danube Rivers, and in the Alps of Switzerland, Italy and Germany, and perhaps in Hungary and Greece”.

Morocco 246

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 246