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Protecting the Hyacinth Macaw and the Cerrado

10,000 Birds

The three major strongholds of the Hyacinth Macaw are Pantanal region encompassing parts of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, the Cerrado in interior, and Brazil’s eastern Amazon Basin region. Check out the World Wildlife Fund’s creative campaign to save the Cerrado. I love toucans too, but who knew they ate baby macaws?

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Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

10,000 Birds

This is a bird that flew over 3,400 miles in one flight from Brazil to South Carolina, an amazing bird that is representative of every other Whimbrel. And though the satellite transmitter let Machi be tracked it did not protect it from the hunters’ guns. Machi was, of course, only one bird.

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Flight to Freedom

4 The Love Of Animals

About Animal Defenders International (ADI): With offices in Los Angeles, London and Bogota, Animal Defenders International (ADI) campaigns to protect animals in entertainment; replacement of animals in experiments; worldwide traffic in endangered species; vegetarianism; factory farming; pollution and conservation.

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