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Who cares for your ducks in the winter?

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Now, I do hope you have stayed with me to this point, because there is a moral to this story: How much do you like your ducks, grebes, sandpipers, and plovers? Perhaps you like them enough to have supported legislation protecting wetlands in the United States and Canada.

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

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A new willingness among scientists to consider certain moral and ethical implications with respect to wild animals, where previously utilitarian ideas prevailed, including ideas of intrinsic value. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. We’re all connected through email and listservs, and we all swap information and provide each other with moral support.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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The Management are still in Africa, suffering the buffering that comes with remoteness. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. 15 Nov 2019. 15 Nov 2019.

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