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People should stop beliveing in stupid ideas like(dilemma of saveing prey from predator) + people sympathesing with cute animals over any else(to the point they dont care about animals who arent in there minds).

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Like thats so stupid and wrong.You wont make anything better happen.You will just inflate other species numbers and make other species lose its lunch.Nature has been hurt with your intervention. didnt save Moth or was it Butterfly from Jumpeing Spider.Because I would do nature diservice by disrespecting both species role.

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Critically Endangered Birds in Costa Rica- How to See Them, How to Help Them

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Threats to the Great Green Macaw include habitat destruction (especially any cutting of Dipteryx trees used by macaws for nesting and food) and capture for the pet bird trade. However, we can’t go wrong in protecting habitat at and near the place where the one specimen was taken; a site on Miravalles Volcano.

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Africa’s endangered species

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All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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Animals killed also include threatened and endangered species, a number which has steadily increased since 2005. In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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For endangered species, red and gray tabs at the top of the page indicate level of threatened status from the IUCN and the Libro Rogo de los Vertebrados Cubanos (Red Data Book for Cuban Vertebrates). The concluding chapter offers a mix of resource materials and finding aids.

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Can Stewart Island become Pest Free?

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The provision of more predator free islands has made conserving endangered species much easier, although there still are risks, illustrated perhaps best by a recent near miss where a possum almost reached predator-free Kapiti Island. Of particular interest would be the commitment of the islanders to give up having cats as pets.