Animal Person

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

But the message remains the same, and it's the only such message available in film to my knowledge (and please let me know of any others): there's simply no way to kindly, politely, "humanely" take someone's life when you don't need to. Perhaps the best feature of the film is the various voices telling a similar story. For all of us.

Farm Sanctuary 100

Farm Sanctuary Slaughter Slaughtered Speciesism 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

An Ashy Drongo apparently spends approximately 71% of its time scanning (what non-scientists would probably call looking around), 9% eating (less than a typical Chinese human but much more than me), calling 7%, flying 7%, and 6% preening. Another – much rarer – drongo at Nanhui is the Ashy Drongo.

Mountain Goats 147

Mountain Goats Singapore Giraffes Birds 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It isn’t actually known if Haast’s Eagle ate people, but considering its prey was human sized giant birds it hardly seems unreasonable conjecture to state they probably at least made spirited attempts to do so. New Zealand was once home to Haast’s Eagle , the largest eagle in the world.

New Zealand 226

New Zealand Goats Gorillas 2000 226

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

I very much enjoyed the first section, which relates the history of the bird and its relationship with us, humans, from its discovery in 1851 up to the fateful Lake Mack fire and its aftermath in the 1980’s. Most of the chapters are in the first two sections; the future is a brief, open question.

Michigan 258

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 258

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

It is not unusual to drive by a farm building and see a bunch of Greater Rheas on the farm’s fenced-in pasture next to sheep or goats. This is where the fact that German birders are humans comes into play (and they sure aren’t the only ones ). Clearly, the birds had to be removed, the sooner the better.

Germany 263

Germany 2000 South America Birds 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. So that New Zealand would end up with quite a few species of animal not originally found here is hardly surprising of itself. But hedgehogs?

New Zealand 185

New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 185

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2013

I am driving through mostly bare, rocky ground, kept that way by herds of domestic goats, which also cross the road as they like. A bit further and a few hundred meters higher (I am probably already at about 1000 m a.s.l.),

Greece 247

Greece Serbia Goats Europe 247

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

What right do we have to even exist when our very existence as humanity is what has caused a rate of extinction not seen except during cataclysmic events? Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Keep cats outdoors?

Mauritius 209

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Goats 209

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

This species prefers wetlands and its numbers have been decimated due to a combination of habitat destruction caused by human population growth and illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild for the pet and zoo trade. This plain used to be little affected by humans, being grazed by just a few cattle, goats and camels.

Endangered Species 238

Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 238

Critter News

JUNE 20, 2010

A huge spiral-horned goat got trapped in a toy rope and choked. It reported that human error surrounded more deaths than at any other zoo and forced immediate plans be taken to make sure of the animals’ safety. Over forty stingrays died following somebody messing up the oxygen levels in the tank.

Zoos 100

Zoos Animal Abuse Bats Goats 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 12, 2009

Incidents include a hippo who died in transport from Denver and a Turkmenian markhor, a species of wild goat, hung itself at the zoo after becoming trapped by a rope. The zoo blamed human error for the deaths, saying it didn’t have the expertise to manage the fish and that a lack of dissolved oxygen led to the deaths.

Zoos 100

Zoos Animal Welfare Welfare Elephants 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 3, 2007

When Jesus died on the cross, He didn't just save us humans—He died for the animals, too. Lambs, goats, birds were sacrificed at home, at temples and on altars themselves. The animals took the place of humans. We humans did not have to die for our sins—innocent, pure animals took our place.

Lamb 40

Lamb Goats Humane Killing 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

Gisela Kaplan has written a book about the species, and how they seem unperturbed by humans: “It’s one of their most successful defense strategies. Of course, when speaking of the devil, it is hard for me not to mention the song “The best ever death metal band from Denton” by The Mountain Goats.

Australia 264

Australia Birds Mountain Goats Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2013

Humans, and the rats, pigs, goats, dogs, cats, snakes, mosquitos and disease they bring with them have wiped out species after species on islands. The wren’s existence as known to humans was all too brief. Often without predators, or at least without land based mammalian predators.

Feral Cats 252

Feral Cats Eggs Cats Feral 252

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. One of the established ways to evaluate self-cognition in animals (including humans) is the mirror test. Among humans, there is a tendency to dress very young humans up in the most colorful way possible. Humanity is not very human.

Birds 259

Birds Sparrows Mountain Goats Protection 259