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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. This is what most of the controversy is about.

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

Reddit Animals

This put Coffee in an impossible position - he needed to rehome the pythons because they were illegal in Florida, but the FWC was threatening to face him with additional criminal charges if he did so. Reptiles that are not treated ethically simply do not make good pets. Their behavior is very, very dependent upon how they are treated.

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Birding Ruili, Yunnan

10,000 Birds

When I last visited the town almost 10 years ago, it had a Wild West feel, and Wikipedia claims that it is “an important location for trade with Myanmar, in both legal and illegal goods and services” but it seemed pretty tame to me this time.

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As long as it's legal, who am I to judge?

Animal Person

It merely transitioned from illegal to legal (or vice versa). Ethics and the law don't necessarily move together. Tags: Activism Ethics Language. None of this means that an action was wrong before it became legal, and then it became right.

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Barred Owl Love, Freakin Owlsome!

10,000 Birds

My take on using tape is that its ok as long as it is used in moderation and with ethical consideration for the situation at hand. And, it goes without saying, NEVER play tape in National Wildlife Refuges or National Parks, where the practice is illegal. Its controversial for sure and rightly so. Don’t overplay the tape.

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On Bob Herbert and Direct Action

Animal Person

While whites use illegal drugs at substantially higher percentages than blacks, black men are sent to prison on drug charges at 13 times the rate of white men. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. As of mid-2008, there were 4,777 black men imprisoned in America for every 100,000 black men in the population.

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

Critter News

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. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog.

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