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ABA Field Guides to Birds of Colorado and Florida

10,000 Birds

Here are the basic contents for each state guide: a flexibound cover, the ABA Mission Statement and Code of Ethics (I like that this is the first thing you see when you start perusing the books), Foreward by Jeffrey A. ” Both authors communicate an amazing amount of information, more than simple identification, in a paragraph.

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

10,000 Birds

I’m not gong to go into the ethics and reasons behind why a zoo might want to, well, manage its stock. The elimination of vultures had its own knock on effects, such as the increase in feral dogs (now that there was more meat available for them) and corresponding increase in rabies.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

It brought the information out of the abstract and into the real, the visceral. With all of her photos, she follows NANPA ethical guidelines, putting the welfare of birds and other wild animals ahead of any image. . Anecdotally speaking, my own revelation came when the harm to birds was personalized.

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