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DNA Bar Codes Could Help Identify Illegal Bush Meat

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This is an interesting piece from the Scientific American blog. One of the major challenges in combating the bushmeat trade is identifying the source species for the meat and products. Once an animal has been carved up, meat looks like meat and leather looks like leather.

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I Remember Elephants

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Indeed, the proposal to up-list four southern African populations to Appendix I could well have opened a back door to illegal international trade.”. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. How much time did you need to read this blog? Perhaps 15 minutes?

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Pale Male and Lola Fan Arrested - Again

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He is very passionate about these hawks and I've followed his blog and beautiful photography for years. But he apparently took the dead bird to his place illegally. Now, he's been arrested for actions surrounding the death of Pale Male's latest mate Lima. Read the story here and decide for yourself. Too much this time?

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Bicknell’s Thrush in Trouble on Wintering Grounds

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That’s why Hugh Powell’s newest report on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology blog that Bicknell’s Thrush surveys in the Dominican Republic have revealed illegal clearing is so chilling.

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Migrant Warblers in Cyprus

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Migrating warblers typically pass through Cyprus from March until May every Spring – a fact that is sadly taken advantage of by illegal poachers. CAPTION: Barred Warbler , taken 22-April 2011 – ©Jane Stylianou Jane Stylianou managed to get a great shot of the Barred Warbler , and kindly shared it with me to use in blogging.

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The Breezy Point Snowy Owls and the Chaos They Caused

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On Saturday, as has already been mentioned on this blog , a couple of us went out to Breezy Point, the southwestern extremity of Queens, and were pleased to see a Snowy Owl in the dunes there. You rarely find a person – birder or non – who doesn’t want to take a good long look at a bright white owl.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 3)

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So, even though this is a bit much, it seems justification enough to continue this series of blog posts – particularly as I wrote this series under lockdown in Shanghai, with nothing much to do. It is almost certainly a rumor that writing a post about Australia and not mentioning dingos is illegal, but why take the risk?

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