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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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On April 20th 2010, the world received news that eleven men working on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig died in an explosion on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. April 20, 2010 At 9.45

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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Because Loons’ coastal wintering habitats can be severely impacted by oil spills and other human activities, this information has important implications for wildlife managers. Deepwater Horizon, 2010; Paruk et al. Here’s one of the maps from that paper: *FIGURE 1. Thus, in light of recent marine oil spills (e.g.,

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Beartooth Humane Alliance

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I love this promotional video from the folks at Beartooth Humane Alliance in Montana! Beartooth Humane Alliance originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 9, 2010. A great sense of humor, and a good cause too! If you live in that area, be sure to visit their spay and neuter clinic.

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Rats help save humans.

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Rats help save humans. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 25, 2010. The sizeable rodents are helping to detect tuberculosis (TB). Read more about these amazing rats and the work they are doing by visiting the full article here.

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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

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Harris’s are also, according to Cowan, smarter than other hawks; they hunt in packs and, for that reason, may welcome humans as hunting partners more so than other raptors. As Montgomery shows, falconry is different from any other human/animal interaction. We serve them.”.

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Backyard Beneficiaries

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There was an empty lot of land next to us until 2010 – I remember seeing a distraught Blue-black Grassquit sitting on the fence as the bulldozer cleared the land. Life here is experiencing a boon in the face of encroaching human activity, at least in my immediate vicinity. Birds have also benefitted.

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Another Endemic Amazona

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Many of these species are declining in number, having to share their limited geographical range with an expanding human population without a doubt impedes their ability to proliferate as needed. Some islands host one or two species, others more than twenty. Nevertheless, I was more than satiated.

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