Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Bearing Up ” (Op-Ed, Jan. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the scientific literature is very clear that polar bear survival is highly threatened in the wild. Because polar bears are at the top of the marine food chain, their bodies accumulate persistent organic pollutants that disrupt their reproductive systems.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

He can do so in one of two ways: either by heeding the advice of scientists calling for the polar bear to be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act; or, at the very least, by delaying the lease sale while the complexities of the proposed listing are sorted out. 17, 2008

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2017

After all, each refuge has been set aside to permanently protect birds and other wildlife. But in the current political climate, even permanent environmental protections can prove transitory. Moreover, the river is dynamic and has changed its course over time, which presents engineering and construction challenges.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The field site I am assigned to is located in one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world and home to a particularly rich avifauna that numbers well over 500 species. Photo copyright Tim Ryan The time is now just shy of 5:00 am and what I behold in front of me is considered one of the great spectacles of the natural world.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Nice. ((** all names have been changed to protect identities and have been substituted with (almost) randomly chosen substitutes suitable for a family of Alpine Accentors.)) Might I assume that women typically bear fewer children, or fewer survive? Davies et al. Ecological causes and reproductive conflicts. You disgust me.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. Sondra Mar 11th, 2011 at 8:54 am WOW do you think the filaments are an evolutionary thing.maybe it was a bird of paradise at one time? Very interesting species. The former British colony’s Z.c. Married to a Canon? That I understand!

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