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Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

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Despite this, it looks like this has been no barrier to his company getting federal contracts. Block pleaded guilty in February to felony conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts by conspiring to smuggle orangutans. If so, what is his role in the company that he founded? Worldwide Primates Inc.

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Whooping Crane at Joe Overstreet Road

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From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. It was in the company of some Sandhill Cranes , birds that looked drab and uninspiring by comparison. Trips cranes endangered species Joe Overstreet Road Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival Whooping Cranes'

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Rare Tee Clothing

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I recently got the chance to try out a t-shirt from a company called Rare Tee. Their mission is to raise awareness on threatened and endangered species through their fun and contemporary apparel. I chose the Philippine Tarsier Tee, which is a very fun shirt indeed! are made from 100% post consumer products.

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KwaZulu-Natal

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Image by Adam Riley Johan Wahlberg, a Swedish naturalist and collector, arrived in 1839 in the company of Frenchman Adulphe Delegorgue. He worked for Ezemvelo (the provincial parks authority) and was an avid bird bander who also worked on DNA analyses, radio tracking, monitoring endangered species nests etc.

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Raimat Saira Albariño (2017)

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Raimat notes with pride that the sight of these storks and their nests is a common one in the Catalan wine country northwest of Barcelona where the winery is found, a circumstance it attributes in part to the sustainable land practices of the company. The post Raimat Saira Albariño (2017) appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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About a month before departure my clients asked me if we were going to the same sites in Ghana as the offerings of another, rather upmarket, birding tour company. Whether permits being issued are for selective harvesting or not, what is undeniable is that these reserves are being clear-felled.

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