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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

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There aren’t many solutions proferred—the article is really about consciousness-raising—but it’s well worth a read. The organization dismantled nearly 9,000 traps on Cyprus last year. Thanks to a little human intervention, the future looks much brighter for Millerbirds. Photo of the Nihoa Millerbird by S.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

And fun and food are, I’d submit, not enough reason to fell a bird in which only one in three pairs manages to raise a single chick each season; a bird that has captured the imagination and hearts of tens of thousands of people, whose sonorous purr floats down from on high like the voice of a pterosaur. Thank you for your efforts.

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