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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. I am not anti-hunting or anti-fishing. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism.

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We Should Kill More Lions

10,000 Birds

The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. It also protects hundreds of species of birds and mammals, and thousands of plants, and everything else you need in a functional ecosystem.

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