10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

The Majestic Wetlands: Within Shanghai’s boundaries lie several pristine wetland habitats that serve as vital sanctuaries for a plethora of bird species. This expansive marshland is home to rare and endangered species such as the charismatic Black-faced Spoonbill, Saunders’s Gull, and the elegant Oriental Stork.

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China Endangered Species Sanctuary Protection 233

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

While much of the attention that Africa’s tourism industry gets is for its (deservedly) popular national parks and game reserves, a lot of wildlife viewing is possible away from the big name places. As well as birds, the reserve holds endangered species like African Wild Dogs. Brown-hooded Kingfishers hunt far from water.

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Zimbabwe Botswana South Africa Endangered Species 104

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2017

Then, in one of my freshmen science classes, there was a discussion about extinct species, which then lead to the topic of threatened, or endangered species, and what we could do to help out.

Oregon 117

Oregon Defenders Of Wildlife Endangered Species Mexico 117

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Yes, I know it is getting a bit boring, but the scientific species name of the Rufous-headed Parrotbill, bakeri , honors yet another British ornithologist, Edward Charles Stuart Baker (1864-1944). Wikipedia reports that he “was an excellent tennis player and an enthusiastic big game hunter.

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Burma India Indonesia Thailand 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2018

Ulva Island is one of many New Zealand islands that the DOC has worked very hard to remove all the pests, and re-introduce many of the endangered species. In fact, I saw 4 of them, all quite busy with something of a mating game. All these newly introduced vermin had a field day. Here is a good look at that bill.

Penguins 163

Penguins New Zealand Feral Cats Albatross 163

Animal Ethics

MAY 30, 2008

Here is a New York Times editorial opinion about the removal of the gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) from the endangered-species list. Here is the management plan of Idaho's Fish and Game Commission. Here , for example, is a news release from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Here are questions and answers.

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Wolves Idaho Endangered Species New York Times 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

He can do so in one of two ways: either by heeding the advice of scientists calling for the polar bear to be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act; or, at the very least, by delaying the lease sale while the complexities of the proposed listing are sorted out. decisions.

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New York Times Polar Bears New York Endangered Species 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 237

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. No one can “own” wildlife.

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Wildlife Coyotes Wolves Hunters 255

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. That’s what you do with other game, right? Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

Whenever the media report that someone has killed "an endangered animal" or "an endangered species," they too confuse an individual with a species. Any animal threatened with a gun or arrow is endangered. Hunters kill members of endangered species. To be consistent (and nonspeciesist).

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Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Homelessness 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. Estimates of predator populations by State fish and game officials indicate that the number of predators removed by WS is small compared with overall predator numbers.

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Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

Critter News

JUNE 26, 2009

He added "a large number of game animals", including antelopes, had also been slaughtered. Tags: virunga africa congo gorillas endangered species. "Four chimpanzees were killed last week in the central zone and 11 elephants since the start of the year," park director Emmanuel de Merode told AFP. Here's sobering statistic.

Congo 100

Congo Gorillas Animal Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

The definition of the word HUNT is “to chase or search for game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing.” Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game.

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Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 150