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The Great Bustard Search is On (1)

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What remains of their range is currently protected as the Pastures of Great Bustard Special Nature Reserve, but in the last several years there are only a dozen birds left, and only one adult male among them. Not the strictly protected bustards, but Red Foxes, Brown Hares, Pheasants , as well as Hooded Crows and Rooks.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

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Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Common sense tells us not to put the foxes in charge of the henhouse, but politicians repeatedly deny common sense in favor of the needs of special-interest groups. if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., The vast number of meat eaters brake for geese, call the A.S.P.C.A.

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We Cannot Allow This Administration’s Environmental Policies To Stand

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Not only is the Trump administration going about removing our hard fought environmental protections, they are destroying our reputation around the globe. With the administration’s plans to remove many regulations put in place to protect our environment, what can we expect in our future?