10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

Illegal capture for the wild animal trade is an obvious peril for such a charismatic species, but this big blue bird is also hunted both for its meat and feathers. Hyacinth Macaws © Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon Hyacinth Macaws , like parrots the world over, face threats from every side.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers. According to R.D.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2011

Also known as Meat-bird, Moosebird, and Lumberjack. Outside of the Cinclus , Ouzel is also a common name sometimes applied to a variety of Turdus thrushes including the Common Blackbird of Europe, so the literal meaning of the name is “Water Thrush&#. But it sounds so much more sophisticated to say Ouzel.

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Critter News

MAY 18, 2009

Not only is there reason to believe that livestock contribute to greenhouse gases, but meat is resource-intensive to produce. A lot of land and money goes into producing meat in a world with diminishing space. Is meat really the best way to feed our growing population?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2014

It breeds in Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard and overwinters (singly and at mountain top hot springs – if Hollywood is to be trusted) along the coasts of northern Europe. Although a quite common bird of Norfolk, for me it was an attractive lure and a possibility of a lifer. One of them was partially leucistic.

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Critter News

JULY 22, 2011

It could have a snowball effect for other countries in Europe, although probably it certainly won't be seen as politically correct. This could halt production of kosher and halal meat in the Netherlands – and lead to similar campaigns in other European countries. Excerpted from the Irish Times.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2014

My parents are in England, should I be worried about the conflict on the other side of Europe in the Ukraine?” Hunting, the bush meat trade, habitat loss, population increases, they all have a part to play in this story. .” I’ll sometimes add “It’s in West Africa, I’ll be in South Africa.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

It hasn’t achieved as much attention yet, presumably because people are rather preoccupied with wars brewing in Eastern Europe and missing airliners, but give it time. Losing Europe’s vultures would matter a great deal. This story didn’t break today, by the way. The story I linked to is dated to three weeks ago.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Still, the beer was cold, grilled meat very good, and both was surprisingly cheap for someone used to big city prices. After a long, chill day of open-window bird-driving, we went to a shabby village tavern, the only one around. It is mostly a bar doubling as a diner, and the last bastion of male chauvinism.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

When I came here for the first time, the Kerkini Lake was the only place in Europe where Dalmatian Pelicans were increasing their numbers. This is my only way in and out of the harbour,” Nikos good-naturedly complained. Dalmatian Pelican © Dusanka Stokovic-Simic.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2015

But of course the mammalian meat eaters will be happy too and reproducing like there’s no tomorrow. The kestrels , on the other hand, will more frequently hunt from low perches. And finally, there will be Marsh Harriers everywhere breeding in grain fields instead of reeds. Gotta be mouse gradation.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Europe has one species (Eurasian Spoonbill), the Americas have one (Roseate Spoonbill), Australia two (Royal and Yellow-billed Spoonbill), and Asia has two as well (Eurasian and Black-faced Spoonbill). Preliminary Study of Slaughter Value and Meat Characteristics of 18 Months Ostrich Reared in Hungary.

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Animal Equality

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Calves starved to death, mothers torn from their newborns… Matteo Cupi, Animal Equality’s Vice President in Europe, witnessed it all inside an Italian mozzarella farm. Here’s how the global dairy industry operates–and why you deserve the truth.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2007

Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., Cavel, a Belgian company, kills horses in Illinois for export to Europe. This bill amends the Illinois Horse Meat Act by banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption and also banning the possession, import or export of horse meat for human consumption.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 11, 2007

Horses slaughtered in America today go not to feed the poor and the hungry but to satisfy the esoteric palates of wealthy diners in Europe and Japan. Horse slaughter for meat export is just plain wrong. But yesterday’s hardship food is today’s gourmet treat. Yes, all food animals should meet a dignified end.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Wolf Lichen is rich in toxic vulpinic acid and in the old days was boiled up with meat and used to poison wolves. The former must have been difficult for this book; conceived during the pandemic, Ackerman still managed to visit wildlife centers, banding stations, and field stations in the United States, South American, and Europe.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2019

At dining tables across Europe, there was a move toward embracing lighter, more subtle flavors over the archaic, overly spiced palate of the past. And in brewing, bitter hops had almost entirely replaced a heavily taxed (and therefore Church-endorsed) concoction of spices, herbs, and roots known as gruit as the flavoring of choice for beer.

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AnimalEquality.net

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Between 2023 and 2024, Animal Equality investigators documented conditions inside a pig slaughterhouse in Cremona, Italy. This facility–owned by a company called Belli–slaughters thousands of pigs each year. Investigators captured footage of widespread violence against animals, much of it in violation of Italian animal protection laws.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2022

I am not sure I understand the logic of this, but I guess evolution does. A bird serves one person.” ” Incidentally, the large number of woodcocks hunted also established the basis for a study analyzing the importance of millipedes in the autumn-winter diet of the species.

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