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Oostvaardersplassen

10,000 Birds

The rooms are floating in a pond and the pond provides a home for a Eurasian Beaver family. Nowadays, the numbers are being controlled through culling. Yes, that’s where I was going – the Oostvaardersplassen – and the hotel has a little bridge straight into the National Park. Skeins of Greylag Geese completed the picture. It was awful.

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2017 Bird Images

10,000 Birds

For the last several years, I have produced a small run of calendars for my fiends and family. Then the culling process begins. The best 12 images of the previous year. These 12 images must be decided upon by November 1st, in order to get them to the printer in the US, printed, and then shipped back to me here in Mexico.

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Wolf Killing in Idaho Under Scrutiny

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I'm not surprised Sarah Palin's family is from Idaho. Tags: cull montana idaho wolves. The state government is as crazy about wolf killing as she is. But a US District Court Judge has granted a hearing on stopping the killing to wolf advocates represented by Earthjustice. Montana is another state where wolf killing is allowed.

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Five Things To Do When It Is Too Cold To Bird

10,000 Birds

After all, you don’t want to sink to spending time with family or doing chores, do you? My books overflow my bookshelves, are stacked haphazardly in several strategic locations, and cause my family to resent me. Cull (and organize) your photos. What’s a birder to do when weather fails to cooperate? Of course not!

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Dog Death Squads in China

4 The Love Of Animals

Here is the letter: I’ve just received an urgent report that another city in China is planning a mass cull to slaughter any unregistered dogs, strays, and even registered family dogs that are over 14 inches (35cm) tall. You might remember the attached e-mail I sent you recently about a similar cull.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Birkhead talks about John Gould in several contexts, including a portrait of him and his family and his bird skins by John Everett Millais, reproduced in the color plates section, the only mention of Elizabeth is her co-authorship with John Gould, of another color plate, ‘Comb-crested Jacana.’ The images tie directly to the text.

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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

10,000 Birds

And culls of Nyala have been proposed. And don’t forget that Africa’s population continues to grow, putting more and more pressure on the land and many eyes watch the remaining wild spaces asking why the animals should have them and not hungry families. Attempts have been made to fence off parts of the endangered forests.

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