In a landmark move, several prominent animal protection organizations, including the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Project Coyote, the Animal Welfare Institute, and WildEarth Guardians, have jointly submitted a petition for rulemaking to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The focus of their petition is […]
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Clipping the Wings Off Migratory Birds – The Collapse of Natural Heritage
Clipping a bird’s wings can cause physical and psychological damage to the bird, depriving it of flying, which is what birds are born to do. Migratory birds may have felt this as they were not allowed to land in the San Antonio River this year to eat or drink, or even to land in a […]
Endangered Species – Cover Your Ears or Hide from the USDA’s Noise Harassment!
As if Endangered Species or any species for that matter could cover their ears, hiding. But after twenty months of “Bangs” and “Booms,” within hearing range of Endangered species, it appears there will be no relief anytime soon! With several Threatened species that have been observed in the area also facing the same assault. Many of […]
They Came in the Night – USDA Wildlife Services “Contract Killers” – Dark Operations Part 2 – The Killing
“The geese are killed by lethal gas—often in small chambers on the back of trucks brought directly to the round-up site. Geese are loaded into the chamber one at a time until several are inside. Witnesses can hear the geese banging and thumping trying to escape.” The problem with Canada goose round-ups | The Humane […]
They Came in the Night – USDA Wildlife Services “Contract Killers” – Dark Operations – Part 1
Waterfowl are disappearing across the United States in the dark cover of night, a Dark Operation that appears meant to hide the heinous act of “culling” also known as “reduction of a wild animal population by selective slaughter.” The “contract Killers” AKA, USDA’s Wildlife Services or Animal & Plant Health Inspection Services are the hired […]
San Antonio Bird City Hired a Killer to Manage a Nursery
The City of San Antonio (COSA) hired a “killer” to manage a nursery – aka a rookery. A rookery is a colony of breeding animals, generally gregarious birds. In fact The City of San Antonio hired the USDA’s Wildlife Services to “manage” the waterbirds that migrate each year to the city to breed. USDA’s Wildlife […]
Ecosystem Disruption and Missing Black Vultures
The USDA’s Wildlife Services new assault on Migratory Birds at Brackenridge Park along with the City of San Antonio Parks turned violent in 2022! The USDA using a Depredation permit for lethal take (killing) from the Fish & Wildlife Service included Black Vultures and other species. I have observed Migratory Egrets and Herons for the […]
Bird City not so bird friendly- the assault on birds in San Antonio
The resolution to recognize Migratory Bird Day based on local efforts to achieve “Bird City Texas” designation was approved by San Antonio City Council and passed in December 2020. The resolution states that “Migratory birds face great perils in their annual hemispheric journeys, and the chiming in of local communities to promote awareness can go […]