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Thought To Be Extinct For 100 Years

10,000 Birds

Some remained stored for decades before a researcher would pick them up and inquired about these poorly documented specimens. There were reasons to think that the White-winged Guan had been extirpated by over-hunting. This came as rumor of a turkey-like bird occurs in the steep canyons on the foothill of the western Andes.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

The point is that even hunters seem to think that they need a reason to justify killing these animals. You don't find many hunters who candidly and unapologetically say: "I hunt because I like to kill. Hunting wouldn't be the "noble," "manly" "sport" that it is, if these were the reasons for doing it.