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Critically Endangered Birds in Costa Rica- How to See Them, How to Help Them

10,000 Birds

Take that same stroll in southern Brazil or other places and extinction is acres of burned rainforest, a walk through plastic decorated neighborhoods devoid of insects, massive forest fires, die-offs of animals, and millions of shellfish being cooked alive , in situ. Which species are endangered? Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata).

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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

10,000 Birds

By-catch is the catchy word for animals that are killed from fishing that are not the fish being fished. These are the dolphins in your tuna fish, for example. About 15 million birds are killed annually by hunters, and of course this is distributed among a very small number of species. Cats are not the same thing as windmills.

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Steven M. Wise on Legal Rights for Animals

Animal Ethics

The European Community and the member states signatory to the treaty are required “to pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals.” In 2002 the German Parliament amended Article 26 of the Basic Law to give nonhuman animals the right to be “respected as fellow creatures” and to be protected from “avoidable pain.”

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