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Passenger pigeons were hunted by Native Americans, but hunting intensified after the arrival of Europeans, particularly in the 19th century. Pigeon meat was commercialized as cheap food, resulting in hunting on a massive scale for many decades.
[4]: 211 Doves are considered kosher, though are not as common in the Jewish diet as they were in ancient times. Texts about methods of raising pigeons for their meat date as far back as AD 60 in Spain. [10] Such birds were hunted for their meat because it was a cheap and readily available source of protein. [4]
The passenger pigeon was a flocking species that was once a species widespread in North America. Before the arrival of colonial Europeans to North America, the passenger pigeon was thought to account for up to 40% of all individual birds on the continent. [24] The main drivers of the species' extinction were habitat destruction and
Stock notes that band-tailed pigeons were relatively rare in the tar seeps of La Brea, which Howard argues may reflect the environmental conditions. This matches the fact that band-tailed pigeons prefer forest habitats, while Pleistocene La Brea is thought to have been more open. Mourning dove [110] [11] Zenaida macroura
A vulture and other birds fly over the piles of garbage at Middle Point Landfill in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Aug. 13, 2024.
The use of certain plants and animals for food has also resulted in their extinction, including silphium and the passenger pigeon. [205] It was estimated in 2012 that 13% of Earth's ice-free land surface is used as row-crop agricultural sites, 26% used as pastures, and 4% urban-industrial areas. [206]
Environmentalists say that reintroducing major grazers like the woolly mammoth to the ecosystem could help prevent global warming.
Image credits: Coquelins-counselor #5. Not worst, but definitely stupidest. My one dog follows me everywhere like Mary's little lamb. One evening I gave the dogs baths and left their jingly ...