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Should is not a Solution

10,000 Birds

I will address two of them in the new year, namely, “Is hunting moral at all?” Most of the people debating this issue are for conservation, they are against wild areas being destroyed and wild species being threatened with extinction. An example of this from outside hunting – Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park.

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Birding – An Extreme Sport

10,000 Birds

Phoebe Snetsinger was an American birder who first passed the 8,000 species mark. Famous ornithologist Ted Parker crashed into a mountain in Ecuador while surveying birds. She died in a car accident during a birding trip. And one of the first stories in her biography is how her friend died of altitude sickness. And so forth.