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New Year, New Birds

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Dragging salutations for the New Year half way through January may be stretching the point just a little too far, but I was otherwise engaged during my last post where best wishes for 2015 would best have been wished. In fact, 2015 dawned without me (I am ashamed to admit). Have a great 2015. and included a lifer rallid.

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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

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In the summer of 2015, that proposal was scheduled for voting in the City Assembly, but was withdrawn before the vote took place. Belgrade City Environmental Secretariat accepted the initiative and the Institute for the Protection of Nature of Serbia produced the study and the official proposal for the protection of 18.6

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Britain votes

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A campaign was launched this week to vote for Britain’s National bird. A strong publicity campaign will keep the Robin at the forefront of everyone’s mind during the winter. But the final vote on the short-list of 6 will not close until May 7th 2015, timed to provide a bit of relief from the parliamentary elections.

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The Devil Is In The D-Con

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12 of the most toxic types of D-Con will disappear from the shelves by March 31, 2015. Among its manufacturers are Reckitt-Benckiser, which will no doubt begin a vigorous bromethalin campaign to make up for the 12 types of D-Con snatched from its homeowner market. Consumer education is the only remedy.

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Prop 2 Passes in California

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From the campaign website : (Nov. on Prop 2 campaign. Prop 2 goes into effect in January of 2015, giving factory farms six years to shift to different housing systems. Proposition 2 has been passed in California. As of 11 PM PST, Prop 2 was leading 62% to 38%. It applies to breeding pigs, egg laying hens and veal calves.

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African Pythons Targeted for Removal

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Given the possibility for expansion onto the Florida Everglades and potential hybridization with the Burmese Python, local and State stakeholders organized search and capture campaigns. Conditions at the Bird Drive Area allowed for a relatively easy access and the possibility to search for African Pythons. Rock Python.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

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This mass avian exploitation, amazing and repugnant, ultimately met its end through separate campaigns in the United States and Great Britain, each led by women, mostly upper-middle class women. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S.

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