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Andean Condors On The News

10,000 Birds

The species is being re-introduced in Colombia and Ecuador where the condors are either locally extinct or persist in very low numbers. The cause of this decline is not necessarily poisoning by humans, but this is just a contributing factor.

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Best Bird of the Year 2011

10,000 Birds

Larry loved getting a jaeger : On a trip to Clear Lake, California, last September, I had the privilege of joining Dr. Floyd Hayes as he and three fellow birders monitored the waterbirds on the entire lake in conjunction with the ongoing four year Grebe Conservation Project there.

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Flight to Freedom

4 The Love Of Animals

Because we have ARK2000, our 2,300-acre sanctuary in San Andreas, California, we were happy to be able to help. &#. Pat Derby, President and Founder of the Performing Animal Welfare Society, said, “Animal Defenders International contacted PAWS last year about providing a permanent home for the African lions remaining in Bolivia.

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