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Canada Okays Matching Seal Quota

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This despite a dry market for seal products and a warming climate that is hurting the species? Really, Canada? The market for Canadian seal pelts has gone dry but the federal government will still allow sealers to kill 400,000 of the marine mammals when the annual hunt opens next Monday.

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Stop the Madness: More Whooping Cranes Shot

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The female was killed but experts suggest the male will survive, although perhaps without the ability to fly. The pair shot last year in Kentucky belonged to Operation Migration’s project establishing a migratory flock in the eastern United States; there is also the last true wild flock , which winters in Texas and summers in Canada.)

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What is the State Bird of South Dakota?

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Since then their range has spread across the United States and southern Canada, and they remain a sought-after game species. During some seasons, millions of male pheasants are killed. While the females are much drabber by comparison, their gold/tan color and black spotting makes them stand out from other species as well.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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I put it in a small box for several hours, where it appeared to recover, but studies have shown that internal injuries from a strike usually kill the bird. FLAP is the Fatal Light Awareness Program, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and this is how they raise awareness. The more glass, the more bird kills. ©2012 Donna L.

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A Most Remarkable Book

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Immediately at the start of the book, Meiburg infects the reader with his delight in one caracara species, the Striated, a resident of the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego, and the southernmost bird of prey in the world. Knopf, New York, $30 (U.S.); $40 (Canada). With abundant roadkill (1.3

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Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

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This second edition covers 685 species found in the continental U.S. and Canada, including some species as far north as Alaska, an increase over the 500 species covered in the first edition. McKnight not included in the first edition; updated nomenclature; and artwork positioned opposite the species descriptions.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. ” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife.

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