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Scottish Judge Implies Wildlife Crime Not That Important

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The row comes ahead of new government figures which are expected to show the incidence of illegal poisoning of animals in Scotland reached a record high in 2009. Tags: wildlife crime UK scotland jerk. The figures are to be published within two weeks.

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Sea Shepherd to be in Animal Planet

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Whale Wars will air on Animal Planet in early 2009. Tags: sea shepherd. I don't get animal planet, but hopefully I can find it on Pirate Bay or someplace after it airs.

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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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In fact, all of the images of Scarlet Macaws in this post are of the birds that live at Copan Archeological Park, birds that were seized at the border before they could be illegally exported.* … Tags: honduras , macaws , national bird , Scarlet Macaw • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

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The hope was that they would be recovered with the tags attached. Prized for their feathers, most of the birds that are recovered do not have their tags, the biodata, attached. His dream is to find them still intact, attached to their tags, their biodata. And, rage and frustration.

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Africa’s endangered species

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The reasons that these ten have been selected is to illustrate some of the myriad reasons that Africa’s birds are being driven to extinction; from commercial overfishing, powerline collisions, illegal trade, poisoning, traditional medicine usage, overgrazing and conversion of specialized habitats into agricultural land.