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

10,000 Birds

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. Serious examination of the national funding paradigm and how it contributes to the conservation choices made on both federal and state levels.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

I feel that thanking your own baby for moral support in the acknowledgment section of a Ph.D. Apparently, you just collect the excrement of captive birds, weigh it and calculate back from there. This turned out to be nice for one researcher who thus could do the research for her Ph.D. Examples: California. Connecticut. New Jersey.