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"Educate, Investigate, Liberate"

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He recently wrote me: We are an abolitionist group and our approach is "Educate, Investigate & Liberate". We are currently doing an investigation on pig farms in Spain, including intensive and extensive/free-range farms (tho extensive ones are scarce since intensive ones are the majority in the industry). Thanks a lot.

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Whooping Cranes Shot and Killed in Kentucky

10,000 Birds

Authorities said the deaths occurred in November but delayed the announcement in order to conduct an investigation and assemble a reward for information. To learn more—and educate others—about Whooping Cranes, there are plenty of resources. Any loss of the cranes is a huge blow, as the total current population hovers around 600.

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

10,000 Birds

Heisman comes by her explanatory writing skills from an academic background in environmental education and four years working in communications for the American Ornithological Association. There are many strands that make up the scientific investigations into the question, “Where do the birds go?” banding station, 2020.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

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Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Kingbirds and Myiarchus: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The Species Accounts plates are educational and beautiful. I do wish that the key for reading the maps’ colors and lines was on the inside front or back cover rather than page 43. It’s a relatively simple key, six colors and three types of lines, but I have a porous memory and I ended up tabbing the page.

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review

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Her career path decisions are almost startling in their honesty; this is an area that is seldom, at least to my knowledge, written about formally, beyond Twitter threads and the occasional Chronicle of Higher Education article. It is also a bit misleading.

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