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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature. The sections are also labeled according to the months of the year, the idea being that the book will take us through a year of birding. He received a B.A.

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S. The aerial gunning program has killed at least 10 agents and injured 28 more. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog.

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From Today's New York Times

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Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law requiring that all whole eggs sold in the state conform to the provisions of Proposition 2, the humane farming law that was embraced by state voters in a landslide in 2008. In California last week, Gov.

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Animal Ethics

One key solution, as you note, rests with the United States Senate: the Law of the Sea Convention. Ratification of the Law of the Sea would send an important message to the more than 150 countries that have already joined the treaty, including all of our allies, that we are committed partners in protecting the planet and its people.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ To Revive Hunting, States Turn to the Classroom ” (front page, March 8): Shame on West Virginia if it approves a bill that allows hunting education classes in public schools to become law. March 8, 2008 We should not use public schools to try to reverse the inexorable decline in the “sport” of hunting.

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Animal Ethics

These new penalties would give the law some much needed teeth. Wayne Pacelle President and Chief Executive The Humane Society of the United States Washington, May 21, 2008 The Humane Society of the United States and other animal protection organizations support the farm bill because of these achievements for animals.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: “ What’s Next in the Law? Hope Ferdowsian Director of Research Policy Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Washington, July 14, 2008 But Americans need not await the resolution of the academic debate, which is more about form than substance, before acting to protect animals.