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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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I recently heard from Chris Kirkby, the Managing Director and Principal Investigator at Asociacion Fauna Forever , a Peruvian not-for-profit organisation based in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, about a series of bird-banding workshops being held this June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata in south-eastern Peru. Thanks for visiting!

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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Years of follow-up research conducted by one of Earthwatch’s principal investigators on the Tambopata Macaw project, Dr. Don Brightsmith, shows, however, that within the study area of the clay lick the birds tend to choose the soil with the highest sodium content over soils that are best for neutralizing toxins. Thanks for visiting!

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

In 2004, for example, The New York Times broke the story about a PETA undercover investigation that found routine animal abuse at AgriProcessors kosher slaughterhouse. Animal suffering and human suffering are undeniably interconnected. Newkirk President, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Norfolk, Va.,