10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2016
To insure that those places continue to exist, birders should lead the way on education and advocacy regarding the Refuge System. For example, essentially the entire population of the endangered Whooping Crane winters at Aransas NWR in Texas. The reason is twofold, size and mission. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. For example, why is it so hard for our family members and co-workers – many of whom have companion animals that they love – to cut cruelty from their diets and go vegan?
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Some birds are put next to each other to aid in the identification process, for example, falcons follow hawks. ” (Some titles are still available; A Birder’s Guide to Southeastern Arizona, for example, was updated as recently as 2018.). So, expect to find warblers before sparrows if you are browsing.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2022
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. * * *. Secondly, the ABA should increase and formalize its advocacy for birders. Members will likely also have suggestions for advocacy.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
Here’s hoping his tenure as president is long and fruitful and that the ABA continues with its excellent social media presence, wonderful print publications, and advocacy for birds and birders. I thought your post from the other day about birders simply introducing themselves to each other was a fantastic example of this sort of change.
Animal Ethics
APRIL 16, 2009
The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 4, 2013
I wonder instead if this is actually about the difference between advocacy and action, and about the way things ‘should’ be. Should lends itself to advocacy, a crucial aspect of conservation. An example of this from outside hunting – Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park.
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