Sentences with phrase «large animal hunting»

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In the Pleistocene period over 100 species of large animals disappeared, probably, as Paul Martin has shown, because of wasteful hunting methods.

I understand your position, but continuing to argue the financial benefit of hunting large animals seems to be a bit untenable (small game and fishing — if the spoils are found close to home — excepted).

when thunder would boom we couldn't say another human did it and seeing we hunted most animals, it wasn't them so it had to be something larger than us... thus the spirits were born, over time we called them gods, then came the bright idea to put all into one god.

It is the first time coconut crabs have been seen actively hunting large animals, and suggests they rule their island homes.

Nine thousand years ago, they survived frigid year - round temperatures in animal - skin tents some 500 kilometers north of what is now the Russian mainland, and they were the only people ever known to hunt large numbers of polar bears without firearms.

The authors suggest that human activity may even be driving a similar Lilliput - like pattern in the modern world, as more and more large animals go extinct because of hunting, habitat destruction, and climate change.

«The extreme selectivity of the modern extinction threat with respect to body size is best explained by the size bias in human hunting and fishing activities, which often preferentially target the largest animals in the oceans, or the largest animals within their respective taxonomic groupings,» said Payne.

Yet it was a contemporary of Homo sapiens and apparently made relatively advanced stone tools and hunted large animals — activities associated with brainier humans.

In order to examine parasite infections also in the wolf's large prey species, the team collected internal organs of shot prey animals from hunting parties.

There are hints that they sometimes go for much larger animals, but it's hard to be sure whether they hunt them or simply scavenge their corpses.

In general, hyenas are large, strong, flesh - eating animals that hunt a wide range of prey but mostly feed on carrion (the kills of other predators).

Research by a University of Southampton archaeologist suggests that early humans, who lived thousands of years before Neanderthals, were able to work together in groups to hunt and slaughter animals as large as the prehistoric elephant.

Unlike early human hunter - gatherer groups, Neanderthals concentrated almost entirely on hunting big game, as evidenced by the abundance of large animal bones in Neanderthal archaeological sites.

Not all cone snails incorporate insulin into their venom cocktail, wonderfully known as nirvana cabal; the hormone was found only in a subset of the animals that hunt with a netting strategy that relies on snaring fish in their large, gaping mouthparts.

While Emmons is intrigued by Oren's hunt, she says the chances of such a thing being anywhere in the Amazon are minuscule because naturalists have been poking around there for centuries: «I've never heard anyone mention anything that is something we don't know about, particularly a large animal.»

But it does appear that Chernobyl has become an unlikely wildlife haven, especially for larger animals normally under the pressures of hunting and habitat loss.

We evolved to handle short bouts of acute stress pretty well, in paleolithic times we might have ran from a large animal or hunted for food causing stress.

Other scary moments include characters fading from memory and becoming dead forever, and large spirit animals that hunt down the runaway child.

These buffalo jumps allowed the indigenous people to hunt large animals without the use of arrows.

Follow up that scenario with our heroes interrupting a hunt and butchering of a large animal with unknown people, assuming their religious rites, and then making precipitous contact.

They work to drive transformational change in the U.S. and around the world by combating large - scale cruelties such as puppy mills, animal fighting, factory farming, seal slaughter, horse cruelty, captive hunts and the wildlife trade.

Originally developed to hunt large animals such as stags and wild boar, the Weimaraner was then refined to hunt smaller game, including birds.

Each of these dogs has been used to hunt small and large game and also to hunt for rodents and other pesky animals that carried disease.

Animals used on farms make up the majority of those raised and used by humans, with an estimated 33 billion land animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet Animals used on farms make up the majority of those raised and used by humans, with an estimated 33 billion land animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals through promoting diet change.

We are driving transformational change in the U.S. and around the world by combating large - scale cruelties such as puppy mills, animal fighting, factory farming, seal slaughter, horse cruelty, captive hunts and the wildlife trade.

We confront the largest national and international problems facing animals, which local shelters don't have the reach or the resources to take on, such as animal fighting, puppy mills, horse slaughter and soring, seal killing and other forms of commercial slaughter of marine mammals, captive hunting and the wildlife trade, and inhumane slaughter and factory farming.

They eventually would even hunt for larger animals, such as wolves and wild boar.

Capable of hunting large wild animals such as bear and boar, the Plott is actually North Carolina's state dog often used for hunting raccoon.

This type of hound dog breed is dignified and independent but the dog's ability to hunt bear, elk, moose, and other large wild animals is what makes it unique.

For small - animal practitioners, leptospirosis has long been considered a disease of large dogs and, in particular, of the hunting breeds, which are most active swimming and running in wild outdoor settings.

It was bred to protect important people, while also hunting large animals including bears.

Valued for their ability to hunt wild boars and to track wounded game over week - old trails, these dogs proved equally adept at finding bears and other large animals and holding them at bay in their new country.

For the most part large dog breeds were bred to be working dogs, usually used to hunt larger animals, pull heavy carts or tow in fishing nets to fishing boats in frigid waters.

It drives transformational change in the U.S. and around the world by combating large - scale cruelties such as puppy mills, animal fighting, factory farming, seal slaughter, horse cruelty, captive hunts, and the wildlife trade.

About Karelian Bear Dogs Karelian Bear Dogs are a primitive hunting breed known for their courage to deal with large prey animals.

From the line of bulldogs that American migrant workers brought with them, the American bulldog served to guard farms and catch large animals during hunts.

An old breed of dog, the Cane Corso was originally used as a hunting dog for larger animals... forget pheasants and think boars!

This breed came about to hunt tigers, panthers, wolves, and other large animals.

Wolves have larger paws and their legs are longer so they can run much faster than dogs, an asset for animals that need to hunt down their food and / or escape predators.

Owners are responsible for the actions of hunting dogs and other animals at large, and for any damage done by them.

It was bred strictly for hunting wolves and other large animals.

Many exotic animals are hunted in the wild by larger animals, and they instinctively try their hardest not to show when they are sick or hurt.

The nation's largest and most effective animal protection organization, we are driving transformational change in the U.S. and around the world by combating large - scale cruelties such as puppy mills, animal fighting, factory farming, seal slaughter, horse cruelty, captive hunts and the wildlife trade.

They hunt animals smaller than themselves to eat but are lunch for larger predators in the wild.

At one time they were used in war but they were primarily used by the Celts and others to hunt wolves and other large animals.

We are driving transformational change in the U.S. and around the world by combatting large - scale cruelties such as puppy mills, animal fighting, factory farming, seal slaughter, horse cruelty, captive hunts and the wildlife trade.

Nine thousand years ago, they survived frigid year - round temperatures in animal - skin tents some 500 kilometers north of what is now the Russian mainland, and they were the only people ever known to hunt large numbers of polar bears without firearms.

These large working dogs were originally bred to hunt ferocious prey animals such as bears and boars, and to defend their master's property.

This large, muscular dog originates from Argentina where it's utilized to hunt large animals such as boar and puma.

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