Europe Hunters Killing 
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2019
And here in Europe, they are the real deal, an indigenous species and not domesticated animals gone wild. They may have been disturbed by the presence of hunters in the Danube backwaters. The only wildcat I found was illegally killed by hunters during closed season. I barely started when some sulphur (a.k.a.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 29, 2013
Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. Between finishing one graduate program and begining another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe. Trips Europe Iceland seabirds' Of course, birding was on the itinerary!
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. They are part of the scarab beetle complex and over 300 species have been described, occurring not only in Africa but also Europe, Asia and the Americas. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2017
The Eagle Huntress is a documentary about Aisholpan, her path to becoming an eagle hunter, a cultural heritage usually taken on by males, the family that supports her, and the Mongolian Kazakh community that seeks to continue the ancient tradition with its Golden Eagle Festival. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Beside natural grasslands, they breed in arable fields (primarily alfalfa) where there is no grazing, but they risk being killed by combine harvesters. Bustards are very susceptible to any kind of disturbance and, naturally, hunters like to shoot.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. This represents 6% of the estimated mid-continental spring population of 322,700 birds for the same two decades.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing.
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