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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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From WildEarth Guardians: WildEarth Guardians’ research reveals this agency is: • Biologically Unsound - Wildlife Services uses a “sledgehammer approach” to wildlife management, meaning over one million animals are killed each year using non-selective killing controls such as poisons, traps, and aerial gunning.

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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

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All swallows are included under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 as migratory insectivorous birds and as such are protected by state and federal regulations. v=gJma0Szy8R8 References: 1 University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, June 2005. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJma0Szy8R8

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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. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners.Or

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Does This Make My Mom A Bird Blogger?

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These Blasts From The Past New York City Canada Goose “Kill Zones&# Revealed Help Save Migratory Birds! 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. The proposal from U.S.

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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Other areas of New York City where the parakeets were seen in 1970 included the upper East side of Manhattan, Great Kills, Staten Island, Ellis Island and the area around the Statue of Liberty. Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold.

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Julian H. Franklin on the Use of Animals in Research

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They may be killed in order to protect the health of humans (and other animals) if they are infected with a serious disease and cannot be quarantined. Franklin, Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy [New York: Columbia University Press, 2005], 125) This follows from everything said in the text about the rights of animals.

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Another Reason to Go Vegetarian

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According to Stephanie Woodard's column in Prevention published today, the CDC reports that "certain types of MRSA infections kill 18,000 Americans per year—more than die from AIDS." The numbers are high and rising: From 1996 to 2005, MRSA-related hospitalizations increased nearly tenfold.