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How much time do you devote to birding?

10,000 Birds

Lunch Break Birding , up to an hour – This applies to two types of sites, those not really productive but conveniently close, and those very productive but in freezing winter days only (wildfowling, gulling). In Africa, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat (making animals lazy and people drowsy).

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How much time do you devote to birding?

10,000 Birds

Lunch Break Birding , up to an hour – This applies to two types of sites, those not really productive but conveniently close, and those very productive but in freezing winter days only (wildfowling, gulling). In Africa, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat (making animals lazy and people drowsy).

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Beliefs About Animal Rights

Animal Ethics

Forty years ago, the suggestion that nonhuman animals have moral rights—indeed, many of the same rights as human beings—would have been met with incredulous stares, if not outright ridicule. Fast forward to the present. Other results from this Gallup poll can be found here. Note from KBJ: This post is by Mylan Engel.

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Canada Reaches Seal Product Deal with China

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In order to offset the loss of the seal product market in Europe, Canada has made a deal with China. Although 40 Chinese animal rights groups have protested, they don't really have any political or financial clout to change anything. I'm not surprised.

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Describe the Rights of Animals

Speaker: Glenn Koepke and Steve Rotter

This webinar – coming to you from Glenn’s own backyard – discusses the importance of supply chain visibility for seasonal shipping, new product promotions, and holiday ramping in the F&B and retail industries while providing sizzling secrets to creating the juiciest meats for your barbecue.

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Whooper Swans at Lake Kussharo, Hokkaido

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They are ridiculously unafraid of people there – so the cynic in me suspects that swan meat is not regarded as tasty by the Japanese (another explanation, that the Japanese just like animals too much, can presumably be discarded given the country’s very principled approach in insisting on the right to kill whales).

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Seal Products Banned in Europe

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Thanks to Animal Rights Person for the heads up on this. EU nations agree to ban on seal products * Ban would lead to trade clash with Norway and Canada * Final approvals seen as a formality. As of last Friday. *

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