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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

10,000 Birds

I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter. I’m sorry.

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Brouwerij Verhaeghe: Duchesse de Bourgogne

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While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. During the hunt, Mary’s horse lost its footing, throwing her from the saddle into a ditch.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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He published a number of books on birds of India and Burma, making me wonder how hard all these overseas civil servants really worked in their day jobs. The scientific species name of the Rusty-naped Pitta oatesi honors Eugene William Oates (1845-1911), an English civil servant in India and naturalist.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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In retrospect, it kind of makes me wonder what image the organizers who booked the hotel for me had of German academic visitors … So much for my quasi-madeleine moment, though of course less emotionally attractive than the one described by Mr. Proust. of its hunts are successful. Back to birds. Then, there are raptors.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further.

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On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer

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This book has so many great quotes that I'm going to have to write a couple of posts about them. Most believe that it's wrong to hunt animals for sport, but sport hunting is legal. Tags: Books Ethics Language. Off we go (and all of the below are exact quotes).

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. She says, “there’s just a cultural bias against anything related to hunting.” And some members of Congress want to cut funding dramatically 2.

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