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Stop the Madness: More Whooping Cranes Shot

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The female was killed but experts suggest the male will survive, although perhaps without the ability to fly. A reward of $1000 has been offered for information helping authorities track down the shooters; more info is here. Or, rather, jerks who give the vast majority of ethical hunters a bad name.) Seriously, hunters. (Or,

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. ” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife.

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4 Lions are dead: Sad and all, but does it actually matter?

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Well, Copenhagen Zoo is back in the news; a few weeks after killing a giraffe and feeding it to some lions, it went and killed some of those same lions. I’m not gong to go into the ethics and reasons behind why a zoo might want to, well, manage its stock. We live in a world of information over-saturation.

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