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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

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The piece describes why this corner of the world often has an attitude toward indiscriminate hunting that ranges from laissez-faire to Wild West, and also the toll that the ensuing slaughter takes on populations of birds that are protected in their northern European summer homes. Fish and Wildlife Service). **And

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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

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At a minimum, catching and releasing a fish inflicts pain, terror, and temporary disability. Many fishes are released with a gaping hole where they were stabbed and held aloft for photos" (66). . Fishers who catch and release may kill more fishes than those who catch only the number they're legally allowed to keep.

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

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The German name of the Yellow-billed Stork is Nimmersatt, which translates as “Glutton” or “Never full” Wikipedia explains the name: “Parents feed their young by regurgitating fish onto the nest floor, whereupon it is picked up and consumed by the nestlings. Studies on improving ostrich egg hatchability.

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Comebackers

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Kirtland’s Warbler is a classic niche species; they breed in only very specific conditions, which occur in only a very specific area. Fish and Wildlife Service. this species breeds. Fortunately, there were still a handful of immature birds alive at sea, and a few years later they were back on Toroshima breeding again.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Fish and Wildlife Service tells states when they may propose a hunting season on cranes, and has ultimate jurisdiction over whether the states get their seasons. I am not anti-hunting or anti-fishing. Now, it’s time to go to the top.

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