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The Black Album: Black Birders, Blackpoll Warblers, Black-tailed Godwits, Black Flamingos, and more

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Even more thought-provoking is the original article from which it sprang.) Only you can help prevent three threatened Australian birds from permanently falling victim to sugar gliders, according to a crowdfunding campaign. Props on the sweet Barred Owl call, too. “I No, you didn’t. Why did the chicken cross the archipelago?

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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

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Kudos to this awesome group, which has changed minds, laws, and continues to raise awareness of an environmental disaster which too many people don’t even realize has been taking place. They pass around the website of Safe Rodent Control , which gives alternatives to poisons.

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Should the Military Force Protect the Environment?

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Thought-provoking article in the Boston Globe.some green thinkers are now coming to a surprising conclusion: In exceptional circumstances, they say, the only effective way to protect the environment may be at the barrel of a gun. Already, some conservation campaigns have taken on martial aspects.

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On Deep Vegan Outreach and Dr. Ray Greek

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But as far as the article goes, I particularly like: "a radical new vision is needed to rescue the importance of the vegan message for global crisis and situate it in its full social and ecological context.". Of course, the name brings Deep Ecology to mind, which is a plus in my mind. Here's "An Open Letter from Dr. Ray Greek on the Feb.

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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

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Bea sent me a link to an article in Gourmet called " Humane Slaughterhouses ," by Rebecca Marx, that is absurd. While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." Potent if symbolic?

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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

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They would pause over them and just gaze, sometimes even raising the book towards their eyes in the vain hope that this action would allow them to see more.—more It’s a lot harder to ignore conservation campaigns to save habitat when you’ve seen the ‘photographic record’ of what happens when you do.

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We Interrupt Regularly Scheduled.

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I was told by a Panamanian bank vice president, “Every multinational knows that if Honduras raises its hourly rate, the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean will have to follow. In throwing out Zelaya they are sending frightening messages to all the other presidents who are trying to raise the living standards of their people.”

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