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A New Wildlife Refuge Pass: Fellow Birders, Help Us Help You

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It’s natural to encounter resistance which, of course, we have. We’ll also be facilitating increased outreach to new supporters and legislative members who’ve shown their interest. As with anything new and in contrast to the existing model, it takes time to plant the seeds of change.

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Coast Guard Defends Medical Practice on Animals

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The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt. A congressman also has introduced legislation that would phase out the use of animals by the military for such training. Frederick, spokesman for the Atlantic Area, wrote in an email.

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Mexican Border Town Offers Tax Exemption for Euthanizing Dogs

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Sarcasm there of course. Activists said what the government was doing qualified as “animal torture,” and they called for legislative reform. There's a stray dog problem in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. The solution? If you bring in the dog for euthanization, you get a tax exemption.hooray!

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Portugal Pursued by EU for Poor Environmental Policies

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The European Commission said on Wednesday it is pursuing legal action against Portugal for breaching nature protection legislation. It also foresees two golf courses, road infrastructure, a water treatment station and a waste water treatment plant. But I'm glad the EU is calling them on it. From the Portugal News.

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The European Christmas Bird Count

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Of course, the CBC has sexier abbreviation: with the IWC (or iWC?) Several poachers were waiting in ever thickening darkness (Serbian legislation forbids night hunting). words “international water closet” come to mind. My mind, at least.

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H. J. McCloskey on Punishment of Cruelty to Animals

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Legislation forbidding cruelty to animals represents the use of coercion against the interests of the individual coerced, and not to further the interests of any other person (it may do so but need not to be justified). Yet it is legislation that few of us should wish to condemn as lacking in justification. (It

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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There’s a lot more, of course, and it all makes you wonder if we should have bird feeders or urban green spaces or fountains or windows. Seven cities and one state have enacted legislation and ordinances mandating bird-friendly construction (not a lot, but it’s a start, and NYC and Toronto are on the top of that list).