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

10,000 Birds

” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada. This principle reaffirms that animal welfare is an integral part of modern conservation.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Or is the mandate to protect the welfare and habitat of our state’s wildlife?

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We Should Kill More Lions

10,000 Birds

The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. If you don’t accept that we sometimes have to do harm to individuals to do good for the species, well, nothing I’m going to say is going to convince you.

Lions 191