10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. This quote perfectly sums up the state of the Snowy Owl/birding ethics discussion. This is what most of the controversy is about. 1999, Holt et al.

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Ethics Owls New York North America 154

Reddit Animals

APRIL 11, 2023

New England Reptile Distributers just released a video explaining a terrible incident involving the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). Reptiles that are not treated ethically simply do not make good pets. This is also present in birds & mammals, however it is not fully present in fish & amphibians.

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Pythons illegal Florida Killing 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

This species’ population is suspected to have decreased rapidly, owing to levels of hunting on the staging and wintering grounds, and habitat deterioration (largely as a result of land cultivation). In the Western Palearctic at least 20-30% of the population are shot each year, often accidentally during hunting of other species.”

Serbia 203

Serbia Greece Montenegro Bulgaria 203

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Now that the colony is off limits for hunting, the population has grown and the village is benefitting tremendously from entry and guide fees, and a school is being built courtesy of conservation funds. According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008.

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 199