10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

On average, over 100 rhinos were illegally killed each month. Molewa added that so far this year 49 rhino had been killed countrywide. The annual number of rhino poached in South Africa last year rose to 1,215, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa told a media briefing in Pretoria two weeks ago.

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Rhinos South Africa Rhinoceros White Rhinos 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2012

Now, whether or not birders may or may not partake of other, illegal substances, well, I doubt anyone is going to come out and admit it in the comments… There are stories of speed-fueled big days floating around out there, stories that come only by word of mouth and are never written down.

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Birds illegal Parrots 2010 269

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months. Earlier, a large number of villagers were being killed by tigers: 11 in 2006, 13 in 2007 and more than 26 during 2008.

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Tigers India Killing 2006 258

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

Mites will eventually kill the bird. Even if you do not see an obvious wound, cat or dog saliva, which is full of nasty bacteria, can still get into a bird’s eyes/orifices and will eventually kill the bird; it will just die more slowly and painfully. It is illegal to keep a wild bird. Baby bird with lots of mites.

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Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 257

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

From WildEarth Guardians: WildEarth Guardians’ research reveals this agency is: • Biologically Unsound - Wildlife Services uses a “sledgehammer approach” to wildlife management, meaning over one million animals are killed each year using non-selective killing controls such as poisons, traps, and aerial gunning.

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Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. Because IT IS ILLEGAL TO INTERFERE WITH NESTING BIRDS!! As a result, certain activities affecting swallows are subject to legal restrictions 1.

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San Diego illegal California South America 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

The reasons that these ten have been selected is to illustrate some of the myriad reasons that Africa’s birds are being driven to extinction; from commercial overfishing, powerline collisions, illegal trade, poisoning, traditional medicine usage, overgrazing and conversion of specialized habitats into agricultural land.

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 232

AnimalEquality.net

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Here’s what they found: In many instances, animals were milked one last time before being killed. Between October and December 2023, investigators documented abuse at six facilities in Maharashtra and Kerala. In Deonar, several buffaloes attempted to… Source

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Investigation illegal Slaughtered Slaughter 90

10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

We released live mice into the flight so they could learn to catch and kill live prey. We started feeding mice, mealworms, and even some wild bird mix and leftovers, as they are scavengers.

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Raised Mice Wildlife Rehabilitation Squirrels 250

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2016

This year’s awards will be handed out on April 27th, and one of the finalists has devoted himself to saving migrating birds of pray from illegal hunting. But along the way, up to 18,000 per year fall victim to illegal hunting for food and sport. Which makes him a formidable candidate for the prestigious prize.

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Papua New Guinea Snow Leopard Pakistan illegal 100

Critter News

APRIL 18, 2009

Not guilty of gorilla killings - guilty of illegal charcoaling The Wildlife Officers were charged by the Congolese Wildlife Authority with the "destruction of flora and fauna" under Wildlife Law OL 069-41 of August 1969. The charges included the massacre of the gorillas and involvement in the illegal charcoal trade.

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Gorillas Congo illegal Endangered Species 100

Critter News

JANUARY 22, 2009

The Humane Society of the United States and The HSUS Wildlife Land Trust are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the illegal killing of a grizzly bear found dead in Ashton Reservoir near Ashton, Idaho.

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HSUS Grizzly Bear Humane Society Of The United States Idaho 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. Rehabilitators also cooperate with law enforcement on illegal activity, and even monitor emerging diseases in avian species.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 190

Critter News

APRIL 20, 2012

Apparently it isn't the first time the King has been shooting big game in Africa, or elsewhere (Apparently he killed a bear in Russia a few years ago too). Whilst not illegal, it shows a complete disregard for his 'subjects' and total contempt for his role as 'Honorary President of WWF Spain'.

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Spain Elephants Hunting Botswana 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Dan Richards, president of the California Fish and Game Commission, is shown in the photo, holding a mountain lion he reportedly hunted and killed in Idaho, according to Western Outdoor Press, which published the photo. Hunting mountain lion is legal in Idaho, but illegal in California.

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Mountain Lions Lions Humane Society Of The United States Idaho 100

Critter News

MARCH 19, 2010

It is illegal in Wisconsin to kill an animal by means of decompression. They filed a petition Tuesday asking a judge to allow them to prosecute five UW-Madison officials and several researchers.In The crime is a forfeiture violation, a maximum fine of $500 per violation, but rises to a misdemeanor if intent or negligence is shown.

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Sheep Wisconsin Groups PETA 100

Critter News

AUGUST 25, 2008

State wildlife officials are investigating a possible poaching case in which someone removed the gallbladder of a black bear -- which can sell for thousands of dollars in Asia -- after the animal was struck and killed this week by a car in the Lake Tahoe area. A surgical glove was discovered next to the bear's mutilated carcass. "It

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Bears Asia Trafficking illegal 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The latter is even captured in a somewhat gruesome video , in which the hornbill plucks a caged bird out of its cage and kills and eats it. At 15h59, the female picked up the fourth chick and killed it by repeatedly crushing it with her beak. Then she tried to feed it to the remaining chicks.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al. It is estimated that Snowy Owl populations in North America have declined by 52% since the 1960s (Berlanga et al. 1999, Holt et al. of Snowy Owl deaths (Kerlinger and Lein 1988).

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Ethics Owls New York North America 184

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2018

The Lesser White-fronted Goose is one of the most threatened waterfowl species of the Western Palearctic, with illegal killing being the most important threat globally. The water level was very low, exposing the large mudbar dotted with waterfowl in the distance. Stopping here and there to scope the mudbar….

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Greece 2017 Pelicans Geese 189

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2017

The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C.

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Ohio Endangered Species Bald Eagle 2016 123

Animal Person

JULY 6, 2009

We are people who believe that using animals when we don't need to, and certainly killing them when we don't need to, isn't right. The first three sentences, unpacked, are: Vegans are like religious fundamentalists who act superior and demonize of the consumption of animals. It simply cannot be justified.

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Vegan Lifestyle Fast Food Farming 100

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 9, 2009

The law speaks specifically and narrowly to the distribution for profit of videos that show illegal acts of cruelty actually being performed on live animals (my italics). Only a very narrow range of activities come under the sweep of this law, and all of them are illegal.

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New York Times New York Animal Cruelty Cruelty 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

The statute defines a depiction of animal cruelty as “any visual or auditory depiction, including any photograph, motion-picture film, video recording, electronic image, or sound recording of conduct in which a living animal is intentionally maimed, mutilated, tortured, wounded, or killed, if such conduct is illegal.”

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Pit Bulls Animal Cruelty Animal Cruelty 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2007

After witnessing hours if not days of senseless killing, someone finally musters the courage to take on the killer and delivers what has to be a devastating blow. Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S.,

Horse Slaughter 40

Horse Slaughter Horses Slaughtered Slaughter 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

If I was so inclined, I might think that they deserve to be killed by Pied Currawongs for their sinful behavior. This is what killed James Dean. It is certainly not true that writing a post about Australia and not mentioning flying foxes is illegal, but why take the risk? ” ( source ).

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Australia Birds Mountain Goats Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The only wildcat I found was illegally killed by hunters during closed season. Photographed within Beljarica: five White-tailed Eagles by Snezana Panjkovic. I barely started when some sulphur (a.k.a. clouded yellow) butterfly and one Brambling greeted me.

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Serbia Otters Boars Hunters 246

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. Indeed, the proposal to up-list four southern African populations to Appendix I could well have opened a back door to illegal international trade.”. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S.

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 228

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2015

And on their way south, they reach the killing fields of northern Serbia ( Newsweek on poaching in the Balkans ). And that flight is illegal because EU legislation does not allow export of game meat from Serbia to EU. In all European Union countries to the north and east of Serbia (except Romania), Turtle Doves are strictly protected.

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Serbia Slaughtered Slaughter Turtles 270

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2018

Now, there are still 10 million of them there but, due in part to a population dip after 1970, it is, in the reign of the second Elizabeth, illegal to kill them intentionally. By the time of Queen Elizabeth I, they were considered vermin, a bounty placed on their small heads. What’s magic about 1970? What, for that matter, is normal?

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Humane Species North America illegal 114

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Louisiana 154

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

John Dodd, the multimillionaire co-founder of Edinburgh-based Artemis Investment Management, has lost £107,000 after illegal pesticides were found on the Scottish shooting estate he owns. This guy is the third Scottish landowner to have subsidies cut under these regulations. Don't worry. He's a millionaire. He'll be okay.)

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Legislation 2006 illegal Farming 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

The story of the flightless Dodo, discovered on the island of Mauritius in 1598 and killed off by 1700, is sad and familiar. 40, 1895) helped me appreciate practices that were essential to the late 19 th century naturalist, though controversial and, in the case of oology, illegal today. I’m not sure what to make of this.

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Mauritius Egypt Cyprus Collecting 174

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

However, there are still instances where individuals intentionally kill birds and there are criminal prosecutions under the MBTA, though they are uncommon. The case involved two men, Douglas “Vance” Crooked Arm and Kenneth Shane, and they were charged with baiting and killing eagles and hawks to make fans of tail feathers.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Deer Montana 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2020

The changes revolve around an issue known as “incidental take,” which are actions that harm or kill birds incidental to another lawful activity. The public can comment until July 20, 2020. For example, a wind turbine is intended to generate power, but in doing so it will likely harm birds, albeit unintentionally. of the EIS.). of the EIS.).

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Industry Birds Laws Maryland 328

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As it is critically endangered (there are only about 100 left), I think it can be forgiven for killing the occasional Pale Thrush (which is listed as Least Concern). Unfortunately, Hen Harriers die disproportionally near British Grouse moors – most likely killed illegally by people hunting grouse for sports ( source ).

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Eggs Birds Bangladesh China 259

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2021

As explained in an earlier post , the changes revolve around an issue known as “incidental take,” which are actions that harm or kill birds incidental to another lawful activity. For example, a wind turbine is intended to generate power, but in doing so it will likely harm birds, albeit unintentionally. This is known as “strict liability.”.

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Maryland Obama Illinois New Jersey 261