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The Devil Is In The D-Con

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This was more than 30 years after these types of anti-coagulants had first been implicated in the deaths of protected wildlife and pets, as well as the sickening of children. The photograph in local papers did not show the brand of poison, but the colors on the package were like those of D-Con. Read that again: it has no antidote.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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Preferably, they should be wearing colors of purple, white, and gold, the branded hues of their movement. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S. and the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act of 1921 in Great Britain).

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Those magnificent places down the Danube

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Not a falcon, but a female Eurasian Sparrowhawk , drying its soaked feathers after the rain that was falling while we were protected by the trees. Eurasian Wryneck by Martien Brand / Wikimedia Commons. I mount my scope, the Swarovski 25-60×65 STX , onto a window clamp and… it’s a bird! Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos.

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