10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

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. The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests.

Wildlife 238

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 238

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2022

Birders care about bird science and conservation, but also about access to birding sites and facilities as those locations, etc. Avian science and conservation are well covered by large and well-financed national non-profits. Until now, it has only been open for hunters. Members will likely also have suggestions for advocacy.

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Advocacy Wildlife Portland Science 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? 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.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2024

We inferred that the infanticide sequence was done as food resource competition and/or sexually selected infanticide.” A short paper i n the Journal of the Natural History of African Birds points out shoddy research that ended up describing the Eurasian Hobby as a “hunter of dusk and dawn” It is not.

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Birds Japan Species Singapore 178