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Once upon a time in Bojcinska Forest

10,000 Birds

We entered an area that was clear-cut in 2010. By law, the foresters should have left 5 mature trees per hectare, but nothing remained. One European Robin disappears into the undergrowth (here it is an uncommon bird for these lowland forests, more commonly found in hilly areas).

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Suit Filed Against the Minerals Management Service

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The Southern Environmental Law Center and Defenders of Wildlife filed suit challenging the Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) complicity in the Gulf oil disaster and continued lax oversight of oil drilling operations, including its failure to require a thorough examination of spill risks from exploratory drilling operations like the Deepwater.

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Snapper by Brian Kimberling

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In that light, I am looking at this debut novel from the guy who got his MA in Creative Writing in 2010 — yesterday, in terms of the slow grind involved in publishing a book — and seeing the future, perhaps. Today, I defend my thesis.

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Cyprus forests and avian inhabitants

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Thankfully the Paphos forest is quite a large Special Protection Area (SPA), Important Community Site of NATURA 2000, National Park (12,000ha), Nature Protection Area (5,000ha) and Permanent Forest Area according to forest law. As it happens though, Blackcaps may provide a modern example of how this can occur.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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The initiative to protect this particular area was launched in 2010 by the League for Ornithological Action, a local NGO, within the “Wings Across the Balkans” project coordinated by the BirdLife International and supported by the European Commission. No explanation was given why those sites were rejected or why this one was chosen.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The California law adds an arbitrary and unscientific requirement that chickens be prohibited from touching one another or the side of any enclosure. The new law will cost American family farmers, and ultimately California consumers, hundreds of millions of dollars. Regina Weiss Brooklyn, July 12, 2010

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Stevens , the Supreme Court last year overturned a 1999 law banning depictions of animal cruelty on the grounds of overbreadth. The justices were legitimately concerned that the law could impede valid speech. 5, 2010 The writers are United States senators. To the Editor: Re “ Disgusting but Not Illegal ” (editorial, Aug.