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The 701 Long-eared Owl of Kikinda

10,000 Birds

Many social network protesters found it obscene. There’s nothing wrong with either, but the prudish protesters demanded its removal and the ever populist authorities were quick to announce that the sculpture will be replaced with a different owl sculpture. The best decorated single tree had 145 owls in its crown.

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Beljarica Backwaters: Some good news announced (but not yet official)

10,000 Birds

Now, I have mixed feelings: cautious and by experience mistrustful, but happy. Serbia has a right-centre Government that for years avoided protecting any of the already proposed areas, heavily pushing the development at whatever cost and miserably failing the environment. Golden Jackals in Beljarica.

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Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?

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Here’s a video of Ted Cruz agreeing with the ultra right-wing crazies and promising to grant them their wish. The goals of these national right wing groups seek the handover of federal land to private ownership. What has been the Republican response to this illegal occupation ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=flLFQnW7CUc. v=flLFQnW7CUc.

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Tensions Mount over University of Florida Animal Research

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Animal rights activists are targeting a University of Florida researcher for his role in experiments on primates — even though he says he doesn't personally conduct animal research. Wonder if that could get activists into trouble under AETA (Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.) This is a long article from the Gainesville Sun.

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On Different Results of Direct Action

Animal Person

Here's another direct action and its result, as described in an interview by Larry Mantle on KPCC Radio (it's the one called " Animal Rights vs. Animal Testing "). He speaks of the "mixed message of the animal rights community" that animals are so much like us, yet not enough like us to experiment on. That's one result.

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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

10,000 Birds

Like all talented travel writers, Dunn is adept at drawing us into his experiences. He sat…his crown giving searing shafts of violet as the light caught the feathers at just the right angle. But there are chapters in his journey that defy the urge for drama and are simply beautiful in the telling.

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Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review

10,000 Birds

We see a closer shot of the river itself, hawks flying across the span, and then we see that brown line again, close up, a wall of brown panels filling the right side of the screen, continuing into the distance, no end in sight, while a white pick-up truck drives parallel to it at the far left of the screen.

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