10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Wuerthner states, “Perhaps the most significant and obvious conflict between the goals of the NAMWC and actual behavior of state agencies has to do with management of predators, particularly bears, cougars, coyotes and wolves. Those whose actions result in additional costs should bear them. The exploiter/developer pays.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

The System also protects bison , bighorn sheep , panthers , elk , grizzly bears , manatees , and ocelots , among others. The System also helps implement the Endangered Species Act and other federal conservation laws. For example, the Friends of the Malheur NWR experienced a tremendous surge of support due to the occupation.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

You may have seen him perched on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him.

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United States Bald Eagle Eagles Seals 193

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Probably much more of a serious threat than the bear scat we occasionally spied or the threat of poodle-bush rash. I’m sure there is a law that White-headed Woodpeckers are always on the other side of the tree. Still, the fact that California is currently experiencing a serious drought was cause for concern.

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Los Angeles Woodpeckers California Birds 172

Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2009

First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales. This listing decision didn't take those efforts into account as required by law." And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?)

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Whales Whaling Polar Bears Alaska 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998).

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 179

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2011

Yes, fellow birders, I keep a detailed list of all the species I have seen whilst I have been on the throne, peeing behind trees, or making like the proverbial bear in the woods. I take it to the toilet. I call it the Loo List. It all started when I was a keen birding youngster in my native Scotland.

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Chile Australia Monkeys 2008 201

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2021

When it became too much to bear, I stayed away from Pino Real for 18 months. This Mexican Violetear decided to prove this law: Colorful. Some sections were logged just for the wood, apparently. In the best case, wonderful mixed-species forest would be reforested with a single species of pine.

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Kansas Wounded ALA Squirrels 203

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

At least where these laws apply, no beer may call itself Kölsch unless it is brewed within 50 kilometers of Cologne and to strictly defined specifications. So, after bearing with that admittedly lengthy lecture on Cologne and its beer, let’s return to the condor. So, what is Kölsch, exactly?

California Condor 105

California Condor Oregon California Zoos 105

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2018

And, with all due apologies to those who have yet to acquire a taste for tartness, please bear with us and rest assured it won’t be long before we move into less summery fare. . For all its imposing reputation, German brewing has produced its fair share of forgotten relics.

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Germany Utah Adoptable Stray 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2020

It bears an iconic name associated with insanity and betrayal, but also with time and seasonality. I did get to visit the in-laws at the German Baltic coast in January before the lock-down hit, and we took advantage of a short lull in restrictions during the summer and visited the island of Sylt in far northern Germany.

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2020 Birds Germany Costa Rica 242

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

He also served with the 13th Light Dragoons, fighting with them at Waterloo (though he can only have been about 18 at that point – I guess child protection laws were somewhat lax at that time). Please bear with us while this update takes place.” ” Been bearing with them for quite a while now.

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Squirrels Birds China Bears 140

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But alternatives are being largely being ignored and laws that would require consideration of other options will be simply be waived. Significantly, none of the environmental laws that might normally apply to development decisions by the federal government will apply to construction of a wall.

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Texas United States Mexico Campaign 189

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2017

My mother-in-law, sister, and sisters-in-law are additional marvelous mothers and I don’t wish to cause any of them any offense. There is powerful force that can be brought to bear on this situation and it is within the ranks of us birders. Now, before I go further, I would like to state that I love mothers.

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United States Laws Abandon Abandoning 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Having earned both a Master’s Degree in Engineering and in Law, Germain works as a manager for the construction industry. By Louis-Jean Germain Influenced by his mother, Louis-Jean Germain has long been interested in art, and in recent years, he has become an avid painter of Asian birds. Germain has lived in East Asia since 2014.

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Birds China Emotional Vietnam 189

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

But when HSUS purchased several of these jackets, the jackets arrived bearing the labels "Made in China" and "genuine raccoon fur." According to the AP story, nine of ten jackets tested by HSUS were found to have trim made of dog fur, but were mislabeled in violation of federal law.

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Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. Even with today’s environmental laws, we are losing species at an alarming rate, and with Ryan Zinke as Interior Secretary it’s no wonder. A newly created U.S. But I digress.

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Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 114

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2018

The members of the MBCC are set by law: the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the EPA, two U.S. Bear River MBR (Utah): 36.9%. There was approximately $9 million carried over from the previous year and smaller contributions from a variety of other sources. Senators, and two U.S.

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Ducks Wildlife Texas Hawaii 203