Due to genetic manipulation, 90% of broiler chickens (chicken bred specifically for meat production) have trouble walking. Encourage your school cafeteria to go meatless on Mondays to protest. Sign up for . Two-thirds of Central America’s rainforests have been destroyed, in part to raise cattle whose meat, typically found in hamburgers and processed meat, is exported to profit the US food industry. Nature red in tooth and claw Did you know that animals get eaten alive all the time when Disney isn’t around? Battle at Kruger as a baby buffalo is caught in the jaws of four lions, then acts as the rope in a tug of war between the lions and some crocs, and finally gets rescued by her extended family. Simply amazing Was I the only one rooting for the lions? Baby lions have to eat too you know. How can you call yourself a lover of nature and still be appalled by these images? FIONA GARTLAND WALKERS IN Dublin’s Herbert Park at the weekend saw nature at its most beautiful and brutal when a Grey Heron hunted and fed on day-old ducklings on the banks of the Dodder. Wildlife photographer Paul Hughes was present to witness the scene as the majestic bird swallowed whole two chicks from the brood of a Tufted Duck. The mother attempted to hide the ducklings among reeds and the birds dived below the water to try to get away from the accomplished fisherman. But once he had spotted them, they were any easy target. swooped in and grabbed the chick and there was pandemonium; the mother was going wild and “The the other ducks were quacking,” the photographer said, there was nothing she could do.” “but
Due to genetic manipulation, 90% of broiler chickens (chicken bred specifically for meat production) have trouble walking. Encourage your school cafeteria to go meatless on Mondays to protest. Sign up for . Two-thirds of Central America’s rainforests have been destroyed, in part to raise cattle whose meat, typically found in hamburgers and processed meat, is exported to profit the US food industry. Nature red in tooth and claw Did you know that animals get eaten alive all the time when Disney isn’t around? Battle at Kruger as a baby buffalo is caught in the jaws of four lions, then acts as the rope in a tug of war between the lions and some crocs, and finally gets rescued by her extended family. Simply amazing Was I the only one rooting for the lions? Baby lions have to eat too you know. How can you call yourself a lover of nature and still be appalled by these images? FIONA GARTLAND WALKERS IN Dublin’s Herbert Park at the weekend saw nature at its most beautiful and brutal when a Grey Heron hunted and fed on day-old ducklings on the banks of the Dodder. Wildlife photographer Paul Hughes was present to witness the scene as the majestic bird swallowed whole two chicks from the brood of a Tufted Duck. The mother attempted to hide the ducklings among reeds and the birds dived below the water to try to get away from the accomplished fisherman. But once he had spotted them, they were any easy target. “The swooped in and grabbed the chick and there was pandemonium; the mother was going wild and the other ducks were quacking,” the photographer said, “but there was nothing she could do.”
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