So i've been ignorantly believing that this trend wasn't using REAL feathers, i thought they had to be synthetic. But now i've been starting to hear otherwise. I've been looking for some solid information online but can't find much. I do believe now that they are real feathers from the little bit of information i've found. But i wanted a source to ( Read more... )

Some species of duck are permitted to be shot each year during an open season in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and in private ricefields in NSW, Australia. Due to the serious damages caused to these birds in the name of recreational shooting, it has been banned in Western Australia (1990), New South Wales (1995) and now Queensland (10 August ( Read more... )

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The Mighty Quinn

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This post may be a tad off topic, but I thought this community would really appreciate the clip. I've had bird on the brain all day- I stopped in a pet supply store (thinking they were too small to possibly sell live animals, but they did), and I just felt like I was going to vomit when I saw an African Grey locked up in a tiny cage w/ no ( Read more... )

A friend who I am planning on moving in with wants to get a bird. I'm not too keen on it. He just mentioned that he'd clip its wings. I'm REALLY not keen on that.

how can I try to dissuade him without saying "you're a horrible human being. Why get a FLYING ANIMAL and then CLIP IT'S GODDAMN WINGS SO IT CAN'T FLY!!??" ?

Some of you may have already seen this article, but if not, here you go:

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/202171/

Sure is craziness.

Clever raven proves that it's no birdbrain

Logic and puzzle-solving come naturally to highly intelligent scavenger, claim biologists

by Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday April 29, 2007
The Observer

Scientists have revealed an ( Read more... )

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