Zoos around the country are routinely only allowing birds of prey to fly for a few minutes a day and keeping them in cages smaller than their wingspans, an investigation has found. A report by the anti-captivity charity Freedom for Animals, seen by the Guardian, details wild birds such as owls and falcons being tied […]
Tag: birds of prey
Petition: Demand Harsher Penalties for Wildlife Abusers
A man in Tubbut, Australia is guilty of killing over 406 eagles over the course of two years. He would do this by injecting poison into the necks of sheep and leaving their bodies on the property where he worked. This, of course, led to eagles and other birds feeding on their carcasses and dying. […]
How can we REALLY prevent birds from flying into our windows?
Nothing is more heart-breaking than hearing that familiar dull thud, and running to find a dusty, bird-shaped imprint on your window. Sometimes, the bird is only stunned, and will live to fly another day. But sometimes, it will not. You may only have encountered this once or twice in your life, but with billions of […]
Over half the world’s raptors have declining populations
Why is it important to focus on the status of raptors in particular? From ghostly owls to majestic birds of prey, raptors are among the most iconic birds, but they are also highly threatened, with many of the larger species requiring large tracts of intact forest, and others persecuted because of their supposed impacts on […]
More than 100 wedge-tailed eagles found dead on Victorian farm
More than 100 wedge-tailed eagles have been found on a farm in eastern Victoria, prompting a criminal investigation. Officers from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) found the carcasses on a property at Tubbut, which is on the edge of the Snowy River national park near the New South Wales border in […]
POLL: Should Trump’s administration reinstate protection for migratory birds?
Energy companies will benefit at the expense of birds, now that the Department of the Interior has limited how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service can enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act going forward. For a century, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, or MBTA, has made it illegal for anyone to “take, possess, import, export, […]
California Man Killed Over 135 Birds in State’s Worst Raptor Poaching Case
Someone near the town of Standish in Northern California fortunately took the adage, “See something, say something,”to heart and called a poaching hotline when they saw Richard Parker shoot a hawk on his 80-acre property near the Nevada border. Parker hadn’t killed only the one hawk. As a game warden walked up to Parker’s front […]
International Vulture Awareness Day 2017
The first Saturday in September each year is International Vulture Awareness Day. Vultures are an ecologically vital group of birds that face a range of threats in many areas that they occur. Populations of many species are under pressure and some species are facing extinction. The International Vulture Awareness Day has grown from Vulture Awareness […]
