10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Image above by AP Photo/Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.). Or, rather, jerks who give the vast majority of ethical hunters a bad name.) Another pair of Whoopers has been shot , this time in Louisiana. The female was killed but experts suggest the male will survive, although perhaps without the ability to fly.

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MAY 9, 2022

Some, according to her, consider it a form of slavery; a 1982 book in my library, The Birdwatcher’s Companion cites “the sentimentalist element of the wildlife protection movement” as deeming falconry to be comparable to cockfighting.). The latest volume on the subject is Montgomery’s The Hawk’s Way: Encounters With Fierce Beauty.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Preserving its habitat through sustainable practices and encouraging responsible wildlife tourism are crucial steps in ensuring the continued existence of this charismatic species. Recognizing its value for eco-tourism and biogeographical research, it is essential to conserve this magnificent bird.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

of Wildlife Services , which is involved in mainly predator control programs (coyotes are a big target). 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. Ranchers oppose the move.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

As a birder, this 72 minute documentary film about the Duck Stamp Contest didn’t accomplish what I was hoping it might – get people excited about the Duck Stamp, or at least wildlife conservation. The film follows several contestants on their journey to win what is described as the “Olympics of Wildlife Art.”

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JANUARY 11, 2022

The ABA’s education programs promote birding skills, ornithological knowledge, and the development of a conservation ethic. Fish and Wildlife service estimates that there are 16 million “active birders” in the United States, though that figure is likely orders of magnitude too high.

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MARCH 13, 2018

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) generally creates a formal plan to guide recovery efforts. The plan was the subject of public comments and hearings, consultation with a bio-ethics expert , and an environmental impact statement. (A Fish & Wildlife Serv., Fish & Wildlife Serv. A sample of this process is here.)

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. Still, with the help of various sources, the authors have a try: Ninety million cats live in 46 million American homes; There are 100 million feral cats that live outside and eat mostly wildlife, and 50 million owned cats (i.e.,

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APRIL 23, 2014

In fact, it’s hard to think of a wildlife watching activity I’m more conflicted about, other than perhaps alomost industrial levels of diving in fragile reefs (or the remains thereof). On the one hand it can be an outstanding opportunity to see wildlife you usually don’t, and if done carefully it doesn’t do any harm.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In this new book, she puts everything she has learned in over 30 years of wildlife photography down in writing. Photography & Ethics & Me. Read’s perspective is defined from the very beginning, where she quotes a photography speaker she heard when starting out: “Be there, be prepared, be aware, and be lucky.” ” (p.

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MAY 2, 2023

Cochran followed thrushes for 34 years and is now considered one of the founders of wildlife telemetry (instead of patenting his radio transmitters, he gave away his knowledge), but was a scientific outsider for much of his life. She also effortlessly and consistently connects the science to its most important application, conservation.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 3, 2011

wildlife sanctuary. Every day that Lucy spends at the Valley Zoo, her condition continues to deteriorate," Jeffrey Kerr, a lawyer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said Wednesday. The Supreme Court of Canada could be getting involved in the battle over the fate of an ailing elephant in an Edmonton zoo.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Travers said, “We created this competition to boost fashion careers and honor independent designers who have compassion for animals and for the ethical and green fashion movement. Our hope is that these talented participants will help pave the way for a more ethical fashion industry in the future.”

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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. You can dislike something and still recognize the ethical significance of that animal.

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MAY 12, 2021

submitted by /u/dannylenwinn [link] [comments].

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Animal Person

AUGUST 29, 2009

Though I wrote about the mountain lions of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge a couple of times, it was never with the breadth and depth that Deb Durant of Invisible Voices has. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. Check it out!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

Then there are the other uses and a question of ethics: Let’s say you know where Kirtland’s Warblers or Whooping Cranes are nesting and you want to document it with a drone…is that harassment? Every species is going to do something different. What if the bird attacks? What if it makes contact?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2013

With casual bird watchers out numbering hardcore bird watchers, people with a camera and an interest in wildlife are not going to have all the facts about wildlife before they go out. And quite frankly, I’ve seen some of the most dedicated of ethical birders get excited at finding an owl and get closer than they should.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2012

In late January this year we were commissioned by Florida’s Space Coast to produce an episode on the birding of the area and the Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. 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.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

It’s an ethical dilemma: Let the eagles alone, with the risk that they may die out in 20 years, or film them with as minimal disturbance as possible, with the hope that the visuals will have an impact on people and help extend their existence. Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth (documentary film).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

If you want to know what happened on August 31, 1984, I can name at least one event: In the Padang-Sugihan Wildlife Reserve in South Sumatra province, a Large Frogmouth was mobbed by a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, as described here. A kingfisher with a somewhat deficient work ethic, I guess. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact.

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Critter News

MARCH 6, 2009

Puerto Rico is eager to rid itself of the estimated 2,000 patas and rhesus monkeys that have taken a toll on wildlife and agriculture in the Lajas Valley since escaping from nearby research centers 30 years ago. "We Puerto Rico is using it as a dumping ground for "nuisance" monkeys. We will give them all the monkeys they want," said Sgt.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2013

Parents are encouraged to do it to introduce wildlife to children. I think what pissed me off most about that video was that as the owl flew in to get the mouse and they yanked it away–the blatant teasing with a live mouse (which is a whole separate area of ethics) was grotesque to me. Bird feeding is a major industry.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

The reasonable rates really do not adequately reflect both the level of comfort and the personalized service ethic. Anderson River Park Never Disappoints Barbados The Other Antigua About the Author James A life-long birder and native of South Africa, James Currie has many years experience in the birding and wildlife tourism arenas.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 2, 2010

For the first quarter of 2010, Wildlife Trust is the beneficiary. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Religion. On the upside, you don't have to give any money to animal protection if your beliefs aren't represented by the choice of groups being supported. Other people influence the choice of nonprofit, which is both good and bad.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Unfortunately, Lowrance doesn’t succeed in synthesizing her material in a way that would raise this biography to the level of ‘definitive.’ Nor, on the other hand, does Lowrance impose the kind of pacing and structure that turns a life into an absorbing narrative.

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Animal Person

MAY 12, 2009

Reading Deb's post about the goslings at Poplar and getting Jenny 's request to sign a petition to save the Canada geese of Ballwin, Missouri from mass extermination reminded me how much I miss the wildlife at the neighborhood we lived in from 2002-early 2005. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. And a dead end.

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Animal Person

MARCH 23, 2009

The Fish and Wildlife Commission and Governor Crist need to hear there is an outcry in order for Nosey to be confiscated. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Please, read the action alert at the end of this email. The situation is dire. See Tim Gorski's (from Rattle the Cage) 2 minute video about humane. education [link].

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

RPA’s 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign aims to end our land-grant universities’ support of the meat industry -- see www.RPAforAll.org and www.ExpertsOfConscience.org. RPA's This Land Is Their Land campaign aims to protect wildlife by ending armed assaults and destructive land-use practices.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

The land ethic, it should be emphasized, as Leopold has sketched it, provides for the rights of nonhuman natural beings to a share in the life processes of the biotic community. as is the humane ethic. as is the humane ethic. On the left side, from top to bottom, distinguish between wild and domesticated organisms.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

What I don’t understand is why animal rights organizations almost completely ignore wildlife. Habitat destruction and degradation is far and away the number one reason why wildlife populations are extirpated or go extinct. on a daily basis, both legally and otherwise. For example, when the U.S.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

From the perspective of the land ethic, the immoral aspect of the factory farm has to do far less with the suffering and killing of nonhuman animals than with the monstrous transformation of living things from an organic to a mechanical mode of being. That immoral something is the transmogrification of organic to mechanical processes. (

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 6, 2007

July 31, 2007 The writer is the director of Domestic Animals and Wildlife Rescue & Information for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. If people won’t be responsible for their animals on their own, it’s time to make carelessness criminal. Daphna Nachminovitch Norfolk, Va.,

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Code of Ethics: The ABA has established a Code of Birding Ethics to promote responsible birding practices. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation conducted in 2016, there were approximately 45 million birdwatchers in the United States.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2022

It should cover all of the obvious topics, such as selecting binoculars, how to look at a bird, how to use a field guide, where to go birding, birding ethics, birding terminology, birding books, eBird, etc. Fish and Wildlife Service , National Audubon Society , American Bird Conservancy , and Nature Conservancy on Twitter.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Queens Big Day: An Ethical Quandary and More Birds! Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. I’d rescued birds before, but this time I had to face the wildlife center with a personal connection to the carnage.

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