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When conservation and animal rights collide

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By way of an example take the Western Gulls that I studied on the Farallon Islands in California. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. But animal rights groups (albeit not all of them) not only opposed the move, but sued to prevent the poisoning.

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

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• Explore These Related Posts The other southern woodpecker Birding the East End of Long Island Another California Bird? He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Isn’t conservation about putting the group ahead of the individual?

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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There are only approximately 23 million people in the whole country, which is about 10 million less than the state of California. Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. Until the problem with invasive species is addressed they will always be at risk.

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