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Britain votes

10,000 Birds

A campaign was launched this week to vote for Britain’s National bird. Also included is an alien invader, the (again, Britain’s lack of diversity in Psittacula species makes the prefix, Rose-ringed , unnecessary) Parakeet. David has narrowed the field to 60 candidates which will be whittled down to 6 for the final vote.

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Another Critical Article Directed at CITES

Critter News

This article is by the President of the Blue Frontier Campaign. Tags: CITES united nations marine animals Japan endangered species. I'm glad others share my disgust with CITES and the UN. Hopefully, regular citizens will read this and not just other activists. (I I forwarded an article about this to my book club members.

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Sea Shepherd Goes on Mission to Protect Bluefin Tuna

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Greenpeace says the New Zealand Government voted against the ban – spelling disaster for the future of the species. So it doesn’t affect our campaign,” he says. Tags: sea shepherd. In Qatar yesterday nations voted down a proposed ban on exporting Atlantic bluefin tuna. But Mr Watson is unfazed by the outcome in Qatar.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

There, a conservation campaign led by Naga conservation activist Bano Haralu, based on community education and the promise of economic retooling, has successfully halted the massive slaughter of the hundreds of thousands of Amur Falcons who gather at the Doyang Reservoir. It is often hard to be positive. by Scott Weidensaul.

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How to Confront Cruelty

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Why and how do people campaign on behalf of a species that is not their own? Tags: animal cruelty books. I came across this 2005 book from the Society & Animals Journal titled Confronting Cruelty Moral Orthodoxy and the Challenge of the Animal Rights Movement. Sounds interesting.

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SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer, Part Deux

Animal Person

I think of "old speciesism" as analogous to racism and sexism in that it is exploitation based on species. The advocacy component of old speciesism isn't the campaign to end that exploitation, however. Instead, it is the campaign to modify it. No nonhuman alive today belongs to the same species as some ancestor of humans.

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Should the Military Force Protect the Environment?

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Already, some conservation campaigns have taken on martial aspects. In some parts of Africa, rangers receive military training and equipment to defend animals (and themselves) from poachers in pursuit of elephants, rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered species. Tags: military force environment.