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DECEMBER 19, 2019

They may have been disturbed by the presence of hunters in the Danube backwaters. When I reached the levee earlier that morning, I met an elderly hunter from whom I learned that there was an ongoing duck and pheasant hunt, but no one was shooting from, nor towards the embankment, hence I should be safe there.

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MARCH 23, 2009

I have no sympathy for trophy hunters. Perhaps there are female trophy hunters out there too, but I suspect they are in the minority. Therefore, to me it's a slam dunk as to whether trophy hunters should continue to hunt polar bears. They are not hunting for food or for any subsistence whatsoever.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Conversely, many American hunters refer to the gray/grey bird as the Hun, a shortened version of Hungarian, for Hungary was the source of many of the birds introduced to the Americas. The local shooting estates keep the number of Foxes under control, which is good news if you are a Partridge.

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MAY 22, 2013

million hunters. This means that only 11% of hunters buy the Duck Stamp raising approximately $25 million a year. This is wonderful news right? With the trend of increasing numbers of wildlife enthusiasts and decreasing numbers of hunters , the National Wildlife Refuge System needs the support of more non-hunters.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 178

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This morning’s news had this: During this year’s open of waterfowl season, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center admitted more trumpeter swans for bullet wounds than ever before. They (hunters) see this white thing, and they aren’t entirely sure what it is,” Naumann said. Three hunters have been charged.

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Minnesota Wounded Wildlife Rehabilitation Montana 212

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APRIL 20, 2011

News stories of turkeys causing car accidents abound around the US right now. In New Jersey, police shot a Wild Turkey that was causing a few fender benders. These are just quick turkey car accident links I’ve found on my usual birding news feeds, but I’m sure many more are out there. They are running amok!

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Critter News

MARCH 16, 2009

Native and sport polar bear hunters may be facing more restrictions due to increasing threats to bear populations. A limit on the hunting of polar bears by sportsmen and native Arctic people will top the agenda at an international summit in Norway tomorrow, seen as vital to the survival of the predator.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This has benefited both the waterfowl hunters and everyone else who likes ducks and their kin. Eventually, the pigeons, as it were, may come home to roost and the waterfowl and other wildlife, as well as hunters and bird watchers, will be sitting ducks.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

But that’s old news. economy than either hunters or anglers: 2011 Fishing Expenditures: $41.8 Clearly, wildlife watchers as a block contribute more to the national economy than either hunters or anglers. The meme perpetuated by the newest National Survey is far more pernicious… Wildlife watchers watch for free.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Sarus Cranes were extirpated in Thailand about 50 years ago due to the triple threat of farmers, hunters, and pesticides. But the International Crane Foundation—with the support of some Thai farmers—is slowly but steadily making headway toward restoring the crane in the wild. But now, it’s farmers who are helping to save the day.

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Thailand Asia Hunters Species 252

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

In Cyprus it also means that the hunters and trappers are active again. There are also hunters in Cyprus, which are an entirely different situation. And for the legal hunting, here’s the news from opening day. Summer is ending, and that means the birds are migrating again. In specified areas.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

These conditions offered easy access to hunters in a habitat where a bird as large as a Guan would have little chances to hide or scape. The amazing news went across the world. News anchor Walter Cronkite made an official announcement during prime time national news in the US.

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Critter News

AUGUST 4, 2009

From Wildlife Extra News. The dramatic film shows seals being killed by hunters during a hunt at the Cape Cross Reserve in Namibia and hunters armed with clubs running towards film maker Bart Smithers and Jim Wickens, from the UK's Ecostorm agency. Tags: animal cruelty africa seal hunters seals namibia hunting.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 17, 2008

That's good news. A judge has found five animal-rights activists not guilty of getting too close to seal hunters during the 2006 hunt off Canada's east coast. The five were charged with coming within 10 metres of seal hunters on March 26, 2006 while filming the annual slaughter in the Gulf of St.

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Humane Society Of The United States Seals Slaughter Slaughtered 100

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MAY 23, 2021

They will list ten or twenty or fifty titles, and will include, inevitably, Hunter Biden’s autobiography, and Volume 12 of Barack Obama’s, and other such works. But there is, apparently, and thanks to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, some good news on the rat front in that part of the world.).

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West Virginia Rats Albatross Georgia 206

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MAY 20, 2016

I’ve received stacks of hate mail from hunters who use lead bullets (as opposed to copper), outdoor cat owners, etc etc etc. This may be old news, but you can put any phone number into your search engine and if it’s one like 619-503-1690, you’ll find a whole page of expletives from people who have experienced something similar.

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Feral Cats Wildlife Rehabilitation United States Slaughter 101

Critter News

JANUARY 30, 2010

In other news, PETA received more publicity for their anti seal hunting campaign when one of their protesters was hit in the face with a pie. Tags: seal hunters PETA. This after a PETA activist hit Canada Fisheries Minister Gail Shae with a pie. That's good, because I really hate Canada's odious seal hunt.

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MARCH 7, 2017

The Eagle Huntress is a documentary about Aisholpan, her path to becoming an eagle hunter, a cultural heritage usually taken on by males, the family that supports her, and the Mongolian Kazakh community that seeks to continue the ancient tradition with its Golden Eagle Festival. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting.

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Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 102

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JUNE 15, 2011

For those of you who’ve been following the drama unfolding in Kentucky regarding a sandhill crane hunt, there’s bad news. Which wasn’t a surprise, since everyone on the commission is a hunter. Brokering land to hunters, hooking them up with guide services…all for a fee.

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Hunting Kentucky Broker Protest 170

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

I’ve certainly seen the story plenty in my Facebook news feed, and were I more of a Twitter user I am sure I would have seen it there too. Hunters go to Africa to shoot lions, and this is without question a good thing; for birds, for ecosystems, and for lions in general! Oh, and then there are the hunters.

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Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 184

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AUGUST 19, 2011

Gray Jays have long been more than willing to scarf down the offal that remains when hunters process a carcass so it is little wonder that they have adapted their foraging habits to include whatever scraps picnickers are willing to share. The bold gray-and-white birds know what humans are good for and that is as a source of food!

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APRIL 3, 2013

It’s been a busy week in bird news–some of it bad, some of it good, and some of it just plain head-scratchin’ Let’s start with the odd stuff first. In a move that brings new meaning to the term “farm team,” one of the min0r-league affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies has a new mascot.

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Ostriches Penguins Ducks Arkansas 137

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APRIL 15, 2015

We actually spent considerable time searching unsuccessfully for this highly sought-after bird; however I did suspect they were not gone, as several hunters I interviewed knew the bird and claimed it still existed. Then a few years ago the news broke that picathartes had been rediscovered at a community forest reserve in Ghana.

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Ghana Hunters Gambia Guinea 193

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MARCH 14, 2011

Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over. Isn’t that neat?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 247

Critter News

MAY 5, 2009

That's good news. Tags: seal hunters. From the press release: Euro-MPs have voted overwhelmingly for a total ban on the trade in seal products across Europe. Labour Euro MP Arlene McCarthy, who helped steer the ban through the European Parliament, said: "This law is a victory for people power and a credit to the campaigners involved.".

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Seals Europe Norway Culling 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

By Corey • March 22, 2011 • No comments yet Tweet Share Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Deer Fish Cows 145

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Or The Hunter Becomes The Hunted What am I talking about? I am definitely not an expert or a scientist or anything but from what I understand this looks like very good news for the Critically Endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Or Why Eating Raw Seafood Is Dangerous Or Ouch! That Looks Like It Smarts!

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Hunters Hunting Breeding Rights 160

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MARCH 14, 2022

Finally in 1799, the first visitors on this volcanic land were a group of French seal hunters who were after the fur seals that can be found hauled out on the beaches for fur and oil, which almost wiped out the local population of the species. None of the three voyagers made landfall due to poor weather and dangerous conditions.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Ease Into Some Oekologie Oekologie #10 Undercover Taxidermist Busts Illegal Hunters Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia Audubon Rebrand About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens.

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2011 Deer Cuba Hunters 145

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MARCH 3, 2011

and Colombia respectively, have secured thirteen new conservation easements in Colombia with private landowners that will protect important habitat for the Cerulean Warbler – North America’s fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Colombia 2011 Deer Brazil 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Incidents like this one, led by far-right militant, anti-government extremists, should be a concern of all Americans, especially birders, hunters, environmentalists, conservationists, and anyone else concerned with keeping public lands public. This concern of losing our public lands is actually something birders and hunters have in common.

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Hunters Utah Extremist Agenda 129

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MARCH 7, 2011

If You Think Squirrels Raiding Your Feeders Are Bad News… Monk Parakeet Battle Continues in West Haven, CT The New Google Analytics Looks Good! About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Brazil Deer 2011 Peru 140

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NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The latest news of the Donald’s cabinet picks should make any conservation minded person very nervous. Many have strongly opposed oil and gas drilling because of the impacts to wildlife, land and subsistence hunters while some have pushed for expanded drilling. According to National Public Radio (NPR).

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MARCH 4, 2011

That is why it is such amazingly awesome news that the British Birdwatching Fair raised £242,000 to help conserve a species that could become the first recorded bird extinction in mainland Africa. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

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Ethiopia 2011 Deer New York 145

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MARCH 2, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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Experience Experiments Deer 2011 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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Deer 2011 New York New York City 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family.

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2011 Deer New York Cats 158