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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

15), is precisely on the mark regarding the urgency and importance of today’s plant and animal extinction crisis. An estimated $13 billion a year would be enough to maintain and expand protected areas in the tropics, where the vast majority of plant and animals species are found.

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Birding Sweden on the Fly

10,000 Birds

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. How could Norway top this? After taking an ornithology course last year, he was hooked and spends most of his free time birding or reading birding blogs. Spoiler Alert: It did! ). Mute Swan and cygnets.

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