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.

Turkey 201

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 201

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

The controversial management of Scotland’s grouse moors for these hunts is discussed in last week’s edition of Birds and Booze.). And with his striking jet-black plumage, he’s the perfect fowl to represent this darker, smoky offering from The Famous Grouse. . Black Grouse Displaying (1907) by Swedish artist Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939).

Sheep 194

Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 194

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

But the method she advocates for reaching those goals—raising grass-eating, pasture-foraging farm animals—would appear to be notoriously difficult to reproduce on a scale large enough to harvest enough meat, at a reasonable cost, for all the people wanting to eat meat in this country, let alone the world. Stephanie Jenkins Highland Park, N.J.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York San Antonio Meat 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2015

Scientists investigate the DNA of Hawaii’s free-roaming fowl. Indiana teacher raises the bar for newbie birders everywhere by finding the state’s first record of a Black-tailed Godwit. Someone better tell that flamingo not to stay put and avoid Malta, where voters narrowly rejected a ban on hunting migratory birds. Now you have.

Malta 182

Malta Barn Owls Fowl Cyprus 182