10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2013
Fish and Wildlife Service caps at five the number of Golden Eagles that members of the Hopi tribe can collect from neighboring Navajo lands. The Navajo also use eagle feathers as part of rituals, but don’t believe in killing the birds. Bald Eagle in Brevard County, by Nate Swick.
Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 9, 2009
The law speaks specifically and narrowly to the distribution for profit of videos that show illegal acts of cruelty actually being performed on live animals (my italics). Only a very narrow range of activities come under the sweep of this law, and all of them are illegal. Christopher Anne Affleck Cambridge, Mass.,
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Animal Ethics
JULY 19, 2007
After witnessing hours if not days of senseless killing, someone finally musters the courage to take on the killer and delivers what has to be a devastating blow. Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S.,
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2015
The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. The only answer I can come up with is that they collect fees from those users and view them as their only source of revenue. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act.
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
The reasons that these ten have been selected is to illustrate some of the myriad reasons that Africa’s birds are being driven to extinction; from commercial overfishing, powerline collisions, illegal trade, poisoning, traditional medicine usage, overgrazing and conversion of specialized habitats into agricultural land.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2014
A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects uses stuff, redefined as ‘objects’, a term that gives an archival sheen to everyday items, to tell our collective history. The story of the flightless Dodo, discovered on the island of Mauritius in 1598 and killed off by 1700, is sad and familiar. 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2020
The changes revolve around an issue known as “incidental take,” which are actions that harm or kill birds incidental to another lawful activity. During that time period approximately $105 million in fines and penalties were collected, mostly from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The public can comment until July 20, 2020.
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