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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Eventually everyone made it to their computer, and created the Summer of 2013 Rehabber’s Wish List: Money. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species?

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The Duck Stamp and Lack of National Wildlife Refuge Funding

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The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. According to the latest (2013) report by the U.S. Funds for National Wildlife Refuge land acquisition come from several sources. In Fiscal Year 2011: 46.5 million people visited refuges.

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Duck Numbers And Duck Stamp Sales No Longer Correlate

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Sales of duck stamps have funded the preservation of wetlands and other wildlife habitat, which in turn has supported an increase in waterfowl populations. Eventually, the pigeons, as it were, may come home to roost and the waterfowl and other wildlife, as well as hunters and bird watchers, will be sitting ducks.

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Be the next Pambassador!

4 The Love Of Animals

The three Chengdu Pambassadors will participate in the “Global Panda Conservation Tour” in 2013, where the Pambassadors will travel the globe visiting pandas in 11 countries and initiate local activities to raise awareness for endangered animal protection.

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THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA

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Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. Since this was written in 2013, “the Forest Owlet population was in 2015 estimated by Birdlife International at less than 250. A survey in 2011 in non-protected areas of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh confirmed the presence of the species at two locations.

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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

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I discovered very much by accident that questions have been raised by British birders about the accuracy of some of the book’s photographs; this is the to-do at Birdfair I referred to in the beginning of the review. and population estimate above the map and the bird’s most likely habitats below the map. .”

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Astonishing Move By UK Government to Control Buzzards

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A UK government department had announced funding for a research project into the ‘Management of Buzzards to Protect Pheasant poults’ (poults are young Pheasants being reared specifically to be released for shooting). of nearly 500 radio-tagged releases). In the 21st century this is truly outrageous. … a.

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