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I Remember Elephants

10,000 Birds

A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. I say they were butchered, face-off. Indeed, the proposal to up-list four southern African populations to Appendix I could well have opened a back door to illegal international trade.”. One may say so.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

10,000 Birds

He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al. References.

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