Elephas Maximus 1 Mar 2015 Pinioning is unnatural and unsightly. Is it a many-year practice at the zoo or just recent? Btw such birds don't make good museum specimens.
Pinioning is unnatural and unsightly. Is it a many-year practice at the zoo or just recent? Btw such birds don't make good museum specimens.
Fishapod 1 Mar 2015 Elephas Maximus said: Is it a many-year practice at the zoo or just recent? Click to expand... It is a many-year practice. I heard that most of birds that live on the ponds (with exception of wild Mallards, Ruddy shelducks, Goldeneyes and Diving ducks) are pinioned.
Elephas Maximus said: Is it a many-year practice at the zoo or just recent? Click to expand... It is a many-year practice. I heard that most of birds that live on the ponds (with exception of wild Mallards, Ruddy shelducks, Goldeneyes and Diving ducks) are pinioned.