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The Belgrade Amazon Campaign or the House of the Eagle

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So, the Belgrade press become acutely interested in birding? Worried for the future of Beljarica, LOA launched the Save the Belgrade Amazon campaign, with a video clip that had 310,000 views and 7,100 shares in two weeks and a local online petition which reached 7,300 signatures in the first fortnight. Photo: Gordan Pomorisac.

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Biomedical Foundation Launches Campaign to Show Animal Research is Grrrrrrreat!

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From their press release.such BS. The Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) announced today it has launched a one-year national animal research education campaign. The ResearchSaves campaign is designed to counter this drop in public support for biomedical research.

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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

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Before I had a clue what I was doing, I encompassed the Danube backwaters into the reserve borders that I drew on transparent paper pressed against a street map of the city. Fascinated with New York’s Jamaica Bay, I started dreaming about creating a similar wetland reserve on the Danube inside Belgrade, the very area I explored.

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Tenet Wines: The Pundit Syrah (2016)

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At the risk of yet again reinforcing our predictable North American slant at Booze and Birds, it has to be noted that this year’s United States presidential campaign season has certainly been an occasion for drinking, especially as we enter the final two weeks before the election.

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Europe Votes to Ban Seal Products

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From the press release: Euro-MPs have voted overwhelmingly for a total ban on the trade in seal products across Europe. A resolution at the end of a three-year campaign, triggered by a public outcry at the annual seal culls in Canada and Norway, condemned the slaughter of seals as "inherently inhumane". That's good news.

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The Atlas of Birds: Diversity, Behavior, and Conservation – A Book Review

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by Princeton University Press. And, hopefully engage in at least one of the campaigns, bird counts, and bird watches that are a part of the People Power outlined in the last chapter. Princeton University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780691149493 All photographs used in this article are courtesy of Princeton University Press.

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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

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RATS is co-founded by Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Director Allen Fish and favors the multi-pronged approach: blanketing the press with articles, producing leaflets and pocket guides, copying San Francisco’s Don’t Take the Bait campaign (which persuaded retailers to voluntarily stop selling certain poisons) and successfully installing it in 15 (..)

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