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

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Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. The 32-page insert of color plates presents 63 images of paintings, book plates, mosaics, photographs, and a map, culled from Wikipedia Commons and other sources. by Tim Birkhead.

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New Jersey Bear Hunt to Continue as Planned

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It's a cull to "control the population." The facts are clear, we have an overpopulation of black bears in New Jersey, and we must address that issue," said Martin in a press statement. "A Tags: cull new jersey bears hunting. Despite efforts by animal rights activists to stop this hunt, it is scheduled to continue.

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Europe Votes to Ban Seal Products

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From the press release: Euro-MPs have voted overwhelmingly for a total ban on the trade in seal products across Europe. A resolution at the end of a three-year campaign, triggered by a public outcry at the annual seal culls in Canada and Norway, condemned the slaughter of seals as "inherently inhumane". That's good news.

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It may be hard to swallow, but Bumpus could get bumped to the back burner

10,000 Birds

This was proposed as an example of what we now call “stabilizing selection” … variation is constantly introduced into populations, but every now and then “selective forces” culls the variation out. And now, enough about birds for a moment, I have something else to tell you about. Well, this is actualy about birds too.

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