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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

We’ve been educating, helping and begging people to spay and neuter their animals for years, but three million to four million cats and dogs still die in shelters every year because of simple math: too many animals, not enough worthy adoptive homes. This crisis calls for mandatory spay and neuter legislation. Daphna Nachminovitch Norfolk, Va.,

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. Wicked, right?

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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.* So, it’s a good thing that Ediciones Nuevos Mundo, the publishing arm of The Friendship Association, published Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Comprehensive Guide by Nils Navarro, Cuban wildlife artist and naturalist , earlier this year. It’s time to bird Cuba and it is time to learn more about Cuban naturalists. and Cuba.).

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Fun, Fun, Fun Crossley ID Guide Giveaway

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Why should early adopters be punished for their passion? National Wildlife Week and Quick Links « Zoologirl's Blog Mar 16th, 2011 at 9:59 pm [.] There’s a new bird ID book out that has birders really excited: The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds. Sounds good, right? Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

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In spite of this New Zealand does have an iconic family of birds that has served as an emblem for the country for over a century, the kiwi. The name became applied to the people of New Zealand during the First World War (until then they had been called En Zeds, Maorilanders or Fernleaves!). Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Could Radar Help Make Birdstrikes a Thing of the Past?

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Engineers, airport managers, and wildlife authorities have devised a number of strategies. But one that hasn’t been widely adopted, at least in the United States, is avian radar, according to a recent New York Times op-ed. Whither the solutions to this dangerous (for all parties involved) problem?

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

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All of the shots in this post were taken on 12-13 March 2011 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York. Jochen: I like that name and I might just have to adopt it. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. There is something for everyone at 10,000 Clicks ! The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right?

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