Animal Person

AUGUST 5, 2009

And before any hunter can blurt out "Have you ever seen a deer die of starvation in the woods? We hunters are helping the deer," remember that hunters aren't in the woods looking for exhausted, starving, sickly deer to put out of their misery. Whether lions can do that or not is not something I think about.

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Gazelles Slaughtered Slaughter Deer 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2024

Another danger to the species comes from lead poisoning as they eat the carcasses of deer killed by hunters ( source ). But marrying a widow and thus getting access to scientific information was not the only remarkable event in his life.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters. The humans tended to keep away a range of predators that might take the pups as a form of interference competition.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2011

But whether with a flintlock or a modern rifle, hunting cruelly takes the life of a living, sentient being that has as much right to live as any hunter or writer. Who wiped out the wolves and mountain lions? Hunters like him. MARIE BROWN Baldwin, N.Y., EISENMAN Highland Park, Ill., BRINNING Boston, Dec.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests. Given that few hunters actually consume coyotes, wolves, cougars, and except for a few individuals, even bears, it is obviously a “waste” of wildlife to shoot or trap these animals just for “fun” 2.

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Wildlife Coyotes Wolves Hunters 254

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2012

As do a diverse suite of other wildlife from lions and zebras to ground squirrels and meerkats. Their two incredibly long central tail streamers resemble the tail-coats that many of the – mostly male – secretaries wore in those days. Coursers, larks, korhaans and other dry country specialists abound here.

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Botswana Porcupines Eagles Hunting 247

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few. The thrill of the hunt, the smell and sounds of the desert in the early morning, the ability to see a finely-tuned hunter up close. There are many examples in the animal world of pack behavior. All photos by Charlie Kaiser.

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League Against Cruel Sports Rabbits Falcons Hunting 270

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Assuming you have a passing interest in wildlife, or at the least you know someone that does, and chances are in the last week or so you’ve become aware that some lady from America shot a lion. I’m glad she shot that lion, and I think you should shoot a lion too (Only where valid, terms and conditions apply.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

” Contemporary environmentalism arrived too late to prevent the passenger pigeon’s demise due to market hunters, but the two phenomena share a historical connection. Of course, by now most people know they have been slaughtered by hunters for their ivory. ” I’ll give you a hint, it’s not hunters!

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