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Open Season on Bald Eagles

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Look at the facts, lay your emotions aside and listen to reason—exactly the same reasoning that’s been so persuasive in convincing me that hunting cranes is the right thing to do. Many people similarly feel sentimental about Bald Eagles, what with their being the national symbol, but that is just an example of misplaced emotion.

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A special Pied Oystercatcher

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I have followed the breeding activity of the Pied Oystercatchers in Broome along Cable Beach since July 2000 when I found the first nest site and the birds have continued to use the same territories, though there have been some partner changes. Pied Oystercatcher returns to Cable Beach.

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A Chance for Bliss

4 The Love Of Animals

This all started when the couple adopted 13 year old Chance and 12 year old Bliss in October of 2000, and while it is a great deal of work, there is nothing more they would rather be doing than serving these beautiful beings. . “We do not adopt out for the mere fact that the ones we have nobody wanted, and that is fine with us.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Ghana has the dubious distinction of being the first country to have lost a major primate species since the Convention on Biological Diversity came into force: Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus was declared extinct in 2000 due to forest destruction. Between 1990 and 2010, Ghana lost 33.7%

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