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Birding Under the Influence: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

And there is wonder in the beauty of our country, eloquently described as Dorian cycles through the Florida Everglades, the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the Redwood forests of Oregon, and even South Central Los Angeles. This is a smartly written book.

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Mexican Border Town Offers Tax Exemption for Euthanizing Dogs

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There's a stray dog problem in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. There are about 70,000 stray dogs roaming San Luis Rio Colorado in northern Mexico. The solution? If you bring in the dog for euthanization, you get a tax exemption.hooray! Sarcasm there of course. Clearly, there's no spay/neuter program in this place. From Latino Fox News.

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Frank Gilbert’s Awesome Hospital Cage

10,000 Birds

One summer my father came to visit from his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. You open the door and they either freak and flail, which could lead to self-injury; or they freak and try to kill you, which could lead to rehabber injury. “I Others, not so much.

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The Unsung Hero of Denver Birding!

10,000 Birds

The Front Range of Colorado offers unique birding experiences from top to bottom. Once having spent enough time in this park a birder will notice that it offers the “kill eight birds with one stone,&# feel in terms of hitting multiple habitats. I joked with my good friend, Jeff Gordon (ABA President ), of his luck.

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Birds of Prey Giveaway Winners

10,000 Birds

I have the privilege of living in a ponderosa stand in the front range of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the most beautiful state in the union. All the entries excelled, but Sadie S. of Monument, CO won us over with her radical raptor honesty: I am a humble, sweet-natured beginning birder, with a dark secret.

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

10,000 Birds

.” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife. Professor Marc Bekoff at the University of Colorado advances the even more progressive idea of “compassionate conservation.”

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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This could include violence (torture, mutilation, intentional killings, etc.), Such bills have been introduced in the past by elected officials in Rhode Island, Colorado, and Tennessee, and the first-ever bill for a statewide registry in California was today announced by its sponsor, State Senator Dean Florez.