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Snowy Owl Ethics

10,000 Birds

When he reached out to ask if he could contribute a piece to 10,000 Birds about about the ethics around the current Snowy Owl irruption in the central and eastern United States we were all for it! “In This quote perfectly sums up the state of the Snowy Owl/birding ethics discussion. References. 1999, Holt et al. Berlanga, H.,

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

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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. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further.

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The Duck Stamp and Lack of National Wildlife Refuge Funding

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Fishing accounted for 21 percent and hunting 7 percent. Coinciding with these figures is something we have suspected for a long time, the majority of Recreational Visitor Days are attributable to non-consumptive activities, followed by fishing activities and hunting activities. million in employment income was generated. Case in point.

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The Duck Stamp and The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Living in Symbiosis?

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Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp (Duck Stamp) sales were at their peak in the 1970′s with 2.1 We don’t believe that this will change no matter how hard the FWS tries to change their marketing to encourage the non-hunting community to purchase the stamp. References: 1 U.S. Let’s look at some facts. million hunters.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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Unfortunately, the Latin species name meninting does not refer to a potential cruel Dutch governor with a sideline in naturalism but is just the Javanese name for the Deep-blue Kingfisher. A kingfisher with a somewhat deficient work ethic, I guess. of its hunts are successful. One nice little story for my blog post lost.

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Does Vick Deserve a Second Chance?

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" And I'm not just referring to Vick here. Is what he did like hunting? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. Let's deconstruct the concept: Do you think that people who have spent their lives harming animals by eating them, just like I did and much of my family still does, deserve a second chance?

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The Million Dollar Duck (2016) – A Film Review

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One of the scenes in the film I found very disturbing as both a birder and wildlife photographer, depicted Adam Grimm and Tim Taylor out in the field attempting to capture images of ducks as reference images for their artwork. The Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp is obviously a successful wildlife conservation program.

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