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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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There are the endemics, which are odd in their own way, and then there introduced species, which are so varied in their type and origin that you get the feeling you’ve arrived at the aftermath of a small zoo that escaped. What is surprising is quite how many species did end up here, and how economically unimportant they were.

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10 Questions for Birdchick on 1001 Secrets Every Birder Should Know

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This new book by Sharon Stiteler, also known as Birdchick , also known as one of our 10,000 Birds beat writers , is a fun way to teach people about birds and bird feeding, very much as Sharon does here and on her blog, but on paper, with a table of contents, a glossary, features like “Bird Busting!”

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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Excuse the sudden and random departure from the typical self-aggrandizing and narcissistic ornithophilic content. What’s even more frustrating is when animal rights people learn of plans to cull nonnative species. Yes, of course it is too bad that so many animals (most often rats, mice and rabbits) have to be killed.