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What’s Up with the ABA?  Part II (Some Suggestions)

10,000 Birds

In my view, the ABA should strongly consider: (1) becoming more welcoming to new birders, and (2) increasing and formalizing ABA advocacy on issues relevant to birders. * * *. The content of Birding was daunting, with detailed articles distinguishing seemingly identical birds. Young birders and new birders are not the same thing.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

10,000 Birds

Currently the Advocacy and Outreach Manager at Maine Audubon, he grew up in Maine and has a work history in conservation and public policy including seven years at the National Parks Conservation Association and volunteer work in communications for the Audubon Society of the District of Columbia. ISBN-10: 1935622749; ISBN-13: 978-1935622741.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. And yet he’s perfectly content to lump himself in with the vast majority of people who claim to care about animals but act like they don’t.

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PETA to Start Using Porn in its Advocacy

Critter News

Peta.xxx will have sexually explicit content and address animal rights issues. The fur is flying over plans by the People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals to run a porn site in the group’s fight against animal abuse. Combining porn and images of abused animals is “repulsive,” insisted Gwen Landolt with Real Women of Canada.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

She lived to contented age 19, still catching wisps of wind on her face on the balcony catio we set up for her. She’s had an enduring love for animals and nature, but it wasn’t until she volunteered at a wildlife hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area that her passion for photography merged with her environmental advocacy.

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