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LA Animal Shelter Crisis Protest at Mayor's House Tomorrow Morning, come through!

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Dogs and cats being euthanized despite there being room in the kennels, people being turned away when dropping off animals they've found, the surrender process sometimes basically ensuring an animal will be euthanized depending on the breed. This should stop! If you've ever loved an animal or wanted to help, please come through.

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A Little Win

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Turtle Dove Turtle Doves are a protected species in Britain, in fact the status of Turtle Doves has become of so much concern there is a special project called Operation Turtle Dove created to look at how the huge declines in our British breeding populations might be halted.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

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The Golden-throated Barbet has already launched several protests asking for a name change as it does not want to be associated with cannibalism – however, so far without success. That expedition is now mostly known for its failure and for the proven cannibalism some of its members resorted to.

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Last Gasp for Sandhill Cranes—Act Now!

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Here are six top reasons to protest this hunt. photo by Vickie Henderson Six Top Reasons to Protest Eastern Flyway Crane Hunting: Sandhill cranes have a very low recruitment rate. One was “Superdad,” one of the few successful breeding whooping cranes in the entire eastern population. Please act now. Quick: what’s this?

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

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The tensions run high and protests against the government, sometimes violent, are not uncommon. Yet, protests take place in larger urban centres – places that eco-tourists and birders commonly avoid. The result is a country hurtling towards bankruptcy, with hardly any money to import gasoline, milk, cooking gas and toilet paper.”

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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

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According to Wikipedia, “A l owl ife is a term for a person who is considered morally unacceptable by their community” The local Nanhui shrikes are well aware that the word “lowlife” has an owl hidden inside, and mark the appearance of owls in their territory with harsh protests.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

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While the conclusion seems fairly established now, the paper still puts it in the usual wordy and careful statement: “The shorter minimum stopover duration of both species in spring may indicate a faster migration than in autumn, suggesting a time-minimizing strategy in spring to reach the breeding grounds as fast as possible.”

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