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The Biggest Urban Pygmy Cormorant Roost is Finally Protected!!

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By both Serbian legislation and the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Pygmy Cormorant is a strictly protected species. In the European Union, they are included on the Annex I of the Birds Directive and their habitats are therefore potential Natura2000 ecological network sites.

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Delhiā€™s Birds Need Help!

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Through the internet, they have forged bonds with other wildlife rehabililators throughout the world. In March, rehabbers in the United States will gather at the annual National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association conference to make contacts, swap information, and learn new techniques. The indiegogo campaign needs donations. .

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The Lonely Dodo: A Cautionary Tale

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Haranguing people to care about wildlife and conservation is all well and good, but often such preaching falls on deaf ears. Enter the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust , and The Lonely Dodo. It can be hard for the average joe to understand why preserving exotic species in far-flung places is so important.

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Mallards are a Threat to Mottled Ducks in Florida

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State biologists believe though that the best way to reduce these releases and the resulting hybridization is through public information and education campaigns. I found a little ironic on my last trip to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge in Titusville, Florida.

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Just in Time: Kenn Kaufmanā€™s ā€œA Season on the Windā€ ā€” a review

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So, yes, thereā€™s plenty enough information about migration in the book to justify the subtitle. Wind turbines have been proposed several times for areas close to the BSBO ā€“ one of the great bird flyways on the continent — and the Kaufmans ( and their colleagues ) have spent a great deal of time and energy campaigning against them.

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The Ross Sea ā€“ the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth ā€“ and I

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Consequently, the Ross Sea has become a focus of numerous environmental groups who have campaigned for a world marine reserve. And I need you to vote for me and send me to Antarctica, so I could write wildlife blogs on AdƩlie Penguins and Leopard Seals. Additional information: The Last Ocean. Now you know. Anonymous).

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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Fish and Wildlife Service desperately needs your feedback as they craft a new vision for our National Wildlife Refuge System. The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond.

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