2009 Protection Science Species 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
And though the satellite transmitter let Machi be tracked it did not protect it from the hunters’ guns. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act was passed, in part, to protect dwindling numbers of birds that migrate across country borders. The last Eskimo Curlew known to science was shot on Barbados in 1963. … a.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2017
I first met Robert Gallardo in 2009, when I made my first visit to the Neotropics for the Mesoamerican Bird Festival in Honduras. He has recorded over 20 new bird records for Honduras, dozens of new butterflies, new orchid records and even new species for science.
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Animal Person
MARCH 17, 2009
March 2009 Contact: David Cantor, 215-886-7721 or RPA4all@aol.com Arriving at all 50 states’ governors’ offices in mid-March, a special request: Get our land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry. -- if you'd like assistance or more information. Thanks and best wishes! Many say you can’t eat meat and be an environmentalist.
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangered species, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
Read Tim’s account and enjoy his (and the Tambopata Macaw Project’s Alan Lee’s) photos judge for yourself… (NOTE: we first published this post in January 2009 but have to run it again because it is so good!) Each bird, regardless of species, seems perfectly content to wait for the other to make the first move toward the colpa.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
22, 2009 The writer teaches philosophy at Southern Methodist University and is the author of the forthcoming “ Animalkind: What We Owe to Animals.” How far do we go in protecting them? 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan. 22, 2009 To the Editor: Gary Steiner’s case for veganism founders on the facts. Lawrence S.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2018
This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum. Or, to keep the priceless feathers hidden away in drawers, protected in small plastic bags, prized in secret. And, rage and frustration.
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