@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 11 months agoBirds in North America will be renamed to avoid any 'harmful' historical associations with peopleapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10cross-posted to: birding
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkBirds in North America will be renamed to avoid any 'harmful' historical associations with peopleapnews.com@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: birding
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoAudubon was a bird-murdering slave-owning prick and should be remembered as such
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-211 months agoI got to help preserve some of his birds in a zoology museum I worked at. It was pretty cool. At least they are used for education now. I had to wrap and freeze them because carpet beetles are little bitches. That museum was wild.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoThere is a strong contingent within members of the Audubon Society to rename it.
Audubon was a bird-murdering slave-owning prick and should be remembered as such
I got to help preserve some of his birds in a zoology museum I worked at. It was pretty cool. At least they are used for education now. I had to wrap and freeze them because carpet beetles are little bitches. That museum was wild.
There is a strong contingent within members of the Audubon Society to rename it.