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European Call to End Bird Trapping

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But the most talked about issue throughout was the ambelopoulia problem in Cyprus, with relevant presentations from the Game Fund, SBA Police, Terra Cypria and of course BirdLife Cyprus.&# Kingfisher on a limestick (Credit: Hüseyin Yorganc?) That’s welcome news.

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Thomas E. Hill Jr on the Basis of Human Dignity

Animal Ethics

That is, he not only conforms to the principles that he freely adopted but does so because they are principles that he freely and rationally adopted. He believed, of course, that one ought always to do one's duty and also that only acts motivated by respect for moral law have moral worth.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

10,000 Birds

” But of course, with this slight adaptation, it also works for blog posts and their writers, and allows me to plug another nice song by this underrated artist, before switching to birds. And yes, of course you missed my reference to somebody determining the mitochondrial genome of the species. How many times was it played?”

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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But other species have not been recorded in the ABA Area, including, of course, all 16 Puerto Rican endemics. For example, the Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act—America’s most important avian conservation laws—apply in both territories. Of course, many arguments for Hawaii also apply to the Caribbean territories.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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The changes revolve around an issue known as “incidental take,” which are actions that harm or kill birds incidental to another lawful activity. The Obama Administration adopted this interpretation in a memo. However, a memo does not have the force of law, so FWS proposed a regulation to implement its interpretation of the MBTA.

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