Oregon Ranchers Want to Kill Wolves That have Been Killing Sheep
Critter News
APRIL 18, 2009
Wolves have been killing livestock in Oregon, and now they want the authority to kill them. Tags: wolves.
Kill the Sea Lions Before They Kill Again!
Critter News
DECEMBER 9, 2008
Portland judge said Wednesday the Northwest states can kill hungry sea lions on the Columbia River. Mosman denied an attempt by the Humane Society of the United States to stop the killings. Tags: salmon sea lions. But we can't get rid of humans, of course, and we need to punish someone who can't fight back.
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Wolf Killing in Idaho Under Scrutiny
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2009
The state government is as crazy about wolf killing as she is. But a US District Court Judge has granted a hearing on stopping the killing to wolf advocates represented by Earthjustice. Montana is another state where wolf killing is allowed. Tags: cull montana idaho wolves.
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No-Kill Conference Already Sold Out
Critter News
MARCH 2, 2009
The National No-Kill Conference scheduled for May 2-3 in Washington, DC is ALREADY sold out. Tags: spay and neuter feral cats animal welfare us.
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Killer Whale Kills Trainer at SeaWorld
Critter News
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
A trainer was killed by a killer whale at SeaWorld. Tags: Seaworld killer whales. Hopefully they won't take this out on the killer whale for acting like a killer whale. And I don't mean that in a snarky way. It's a tragedy, but these are wild animals.
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Ashley Judd Denounces Palin Wolf Killing Policies
Critter News
FEBRUARY 2, 2009
Here is a good commercial by Ashley Judd for Defenders of Wildlife on aerial wolf killing in Alaska. Tags: wolf Wingnuts Palin.
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Six Thousand Leave Virunga, One Ranger Killed
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
Sadly, though, another ranger in the Congolese Wildlife Authority was killed by rebel guns. Tags: virunga gorilla congo. This development is the result of an agreement between the army and the Congolese Wildlife Authority. It's great news because it takes stress off the habitat and the species. You can donate to his family here.
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Of Bird Diets, Dangers, and Delinquents
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AUGUST 22, 2014
Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Maine, will use “nano-tags” to track migrating birds. The USFWS (along with another federal agency) is facing a lawsuit that blames solar-power plants for killing endangered Yuma Clapper Rails and other birds. Another study, led by the U.S.
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Astonishing Move By UK Government to Control Buzzards
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MAY 23, 2012
You could raise an eyebrow that at a time of cuts and austerity measures across a range of environment services and departments to be able to find £375k in support of a non-native species that is reared specifically to be killed anyway is a little astonishing. of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases).
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On Killing Cows to Save Elephants
Animal Person
MAY 14, 2009
In other words, it's so tragic that elephants are in mortal danger that you should kill cows to help protect the imperiled elephants? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Those pondering a pair should act fast. There are only 50 available. To whom does that make sense or sound like a good idea?
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100 Lots of Birds Being Killed in Ireland and the UK
Critter News
MAY 16, 2010
It's just weird how many birds are being killed in England, Scotland and Ireland. Tags: wildlife crime UK Ireland. A horrific total of 6 eagles, 10 buzzards, 3 red kites, a Peregrine falcon and a sparrowhawk have all been poisoned in recent weeks across Ireland, England and Scotland.
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Canada Up to Its Old Seal-Killing Tricks
Critter News
JANUARY 2, 2009
However, this rule will have little effect because fewer than than one percent of the seals killed during the annual hunt are older than a year.Under the new rules, the existing "blink test," used to check whether seals are unconscious before skinning is being eliminated because it is unreliable. Tags: canada seal hunters seals.
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Man Kills Goldfish in Domestic Violence Attack, Gets Probation
Critter News
OCTOBER 15, 2009
A 27-year-old man who attacked his ex-girlfriend and killed her pet fish has been sentenced to two years probation and a psychological evaluation. Tags: animal abuse domestic violence. Who knows what the next step could be? I hope she has some kind of protection against him. From Pets News. PORTLAND, Ore. —
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Firefighter Who Killed Dogs Fired
Critter News
JULY 16, 2009
Tags: animal cruelty idiocy. Good riddance.
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The Changing Fortunes of Europe’s Vultures – Part 2
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JUNE 2, 2024
I have been following the local gulls with GPS tags and they spend most of their time in rubbish tips in Spain and Morocco. They, too, will drive Griffons into the sea and kill them. Yet, all the gulls are doing is defending their own. If there are too many gulls, it’s largely our fault for providing so much food for them.
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British Student Kills Hamster for Fun
Critter News
DECEMBER 15, 2009
Tags: hamsters UK animal cruelty. As a hamster lover who just adopted a new one today (still unnamed), I find this incident particularly reprehensible. Thanks to animalblog.co.uk for the story.
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100 Spotlighting Palin's Barbaric Wolf Killing Policies
Critter News
OCTOBER 6, 2008
Tags: Palin wolves. We wrote about it here before Palin became the Republican VP nominee, now people like Andrew Sullivan are catching on to her cruel policies as governor. Bad for wolves, bad for America.
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Others Reasons to Visit Cassowary House
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JUNE 20, 2012
A Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ) that may have tried to kill me. I had a fantastic talk with him about birds, HBW and Wikipedia as I enjoyed the birds at the feeders, and the next morning he let me tag along on a quick trip up the road to look for some Lovely Fairy-wrens.
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227 Animal Lab Tech Arrested in Yale Killing
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2009
Tags: university research medical research. I don't know if this guy working in an animal lab has anything to do with the crime he is accused of committing. But, if he's guilty of such a horrible and violent crime, it makes me wonder how he treated his animal subjects when no one was around. I guess we'll see what happens next.
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Palin Supports Brutal Method of Killing Wolves
Critter News
AUGUST 29, 2008
Tags: Palin alaska wolves. Here is more video from Current on the subject (this one is a full 10 minutes), but explains how this is mainly for the benefit of trophy hunters, not subsistence hunters that Palin claims it is for. It's worth watching.
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Teenage Matador Kills Six Bulls in a Day
Critter News
FEBRUARY 6, 2010
Tags: spain blood sport bullfighting. I just find this culturally backwards and disgusting. It's a total embarrassment.
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Tiger Kills Chinese Man Who Jumped into Enclosure
Critter News
MARCH 8, 2009
Tags: darwin award tigers. He and some friends were trying to take a shortcut and climbed over a fence with signs warning of predatory animals. They didn't believe the signs because they couldn't see any.
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WA State Man Loses Hunting License Over Elk Killing
Critter News
JANUARY 25, 2010
Tags: elk wildlife crime State of Washington poaching national parks. This guy is a real piece of work. Click on the link and see the picture. It says it all.
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100 Nesting Eagle Killed in Portugal, Another Brilliant Move
Critter News
MARCH 21, 2009
Tags: Stupid eagle portugal fox hunting. If predator persecution cannot be adequately controlled, the future recovery of many important predator species will be in doubt". Irrational attitudes? That's a diplomatic way of saying that it's ignorance, pure and simple.
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Portuguese City Tries to End Killing of Strays
Critter News
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
Tags: animal shelters portugal strays.
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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review
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APRIL 6, 2021
What evolutionary forces have shaped their bodies for travel, what forces will be helping and hindering their journeys, and which scientists will be tagging, observing, and analyzing them as they make their way north? Climate change looms large over all migration research, it “is reshaping every single thing about migration” (p.
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264 Animal Control Officer Shoots Cats Because They Hissed at Him
Critter News
FEBRUARY 10, 2009
Grasso finally got his day in court Monday, testifying that he shot and killed three cats last June only after they had hissed and spat at him from the basement of a Lackawanna apartment complex. “I Tags: animal killing. A couple of cats hiss at him and he freaks out, gets out a gun and shoots them?
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Zambian Police Officers Caught in Ivory Trafficking
Critter News
MARCH 2, 2009
Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa zambia trafficking elephants. 36 elephants? That's a huge slaughter in my opinion.
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Pigs Used in Explosives Tests in Britain
Critter News
FEBRUARY 12, 2010
I wish we could stop killing animals for reasons related to killing humans. Tags: UK animal research military pigs. From the BBC News. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has defended its use of more than 100 pigs in explosive tests in Wiltshire. He said 25 pigs were used in 2006, 19 in 2007, 40 in 2008, and 35 in 2009.
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Elk Hunting For Idiots
Critter News
DECEMBER 29, 2009
From the Seattle PI: The killing of about seven elk cornered in a farm pasture in eastern Skagit County has spurred state officials to close the elk archery season in the area and angered others who either witnessed or heard about the killings. Tags: idiocy. That can't be called hunting.
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Quote of the Week
Critter News
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
"For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Tags: quotes. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love." ~ Pythagoras, Pre-Socratic Greek Philosopher.
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100 Bring Palin a Wolf Leg, Get $150.00
Critter News
AUGUST 29, 2008
In addition to killing wolves from airplanes, Palin supports paying cash to those that cut off their left leg and bring it in for a cash prize. Tags: Palin wolves. How's that for state socialism?
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100 Kofa Mountain Lion Update
Animal Person
AUGUST 29, 2009
This is a surreal situation in my opinion because, as Ron writes, "all 3 Alternatives in the DEA allow for the killing of Kofa lions, just at different rates and at different geographic locations." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. Check it out!
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100 Tainted Milk Poisons Dogs Raised for Fur
Critter News
OCTOBER 21, 2008
Not only did tainted milk kill 1,500 raccoon dogs (they really look like raccoons), but these dogs were being raised for their FUR! Tags: fur china food. Only from China could you get TWO atrocities in one.
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PETA Protests Pregnant Orcas at SeaWorld
Critter News
MAY 30, 2010
The father in both cases is the same orca that killed its trainer a few months ago. Tags: Seaworld florida marine animals Orcas PETA. PETA protesters were in front of SeaWorld-Orlando where two orcas are now pregnant.
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100 Wolves & Eagles No Longer Endangered in Michigan?
Critter News
AUGUST 21, 2008
The delisting would not open the door for hunters to kill wolves, the state's DNR notes. Killing would be permitted only if a wolf posed a direct threat to humans. Tags: bald eagle Gray Wolf us endangered species. State environmental groups are showing "cautious optimism.".
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All Sea Turtles Finally Protected in the Bahamas
Critter News
AUGUST 30, 2009
Five of the world’s seven sea turtle species inhabit the Bahamas, and previously it was legal to kill any sea turtle species found there except one, the hawksbill. Tags: turtles Bahamas endangered species. About time. Now, they are all protected.
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100 Situation Critical for Zimbabwe Wildlife
Critter News
AUGUST 16, 2008
In Zimbabwe, activists claim impoverished Zimbabweans are killing elephants and eating them. Tags: bush meat poaching zimbabwe wildlife. War and chaos is bad for everyone, human and non-human. Out-of-control poaching is apparently wiping out all sort of wildlife, including hippos.
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Where Are All the Cats?
Critter News
OCTOBER 20, 2008
More than 60,000 cats were killed in Illinois animal pounds and shelters in 2006. That’s 5,000 cats killed every month, and 160 each day. In the same year that 60,000 cats were killed and 17,000 went missing, the Illinois Department of Agriculture didn’t review the reports. Tags: feral cats. Things don't look too good.
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Five-Year Old Shoots 35-Year Old in Head
Animal Person
OCTOBER 5, 2009
It saddens me, and I find it extremely disturbing, that a five-year old child is giddy, and his parents (and the journalists on this program) are so pleased that he killed a 35-40-year old alligator. Let's deconstruct a few details: The young boy shot the alligator, who had been trapped , in the head and killed him.
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Kenyans Seize Huge Amount of Illegal Ivory
Critter News
OCTOBER 2, 2009
So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed. Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa Kenya china asia elephants traf. Officials say the sales have fuelled demand for ivory in Asian countries, especially China, contributing to a sharp increase in elephant poaching.
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