10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners. President Obama has added 10 new refuges in his first term.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2020

A former World Wildlife reserve in Nanhui was simply turned into agricultural land. Other areas in Lingang are starting to be covered with factories (Tesla) and residential buildings. After all, China`s President Xi Jinping recently stated that “We must protect this planet like our own eyes”. So, there is some hope.

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Wildlife Reserve Asia China Birds 163

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

In 2016, the Shanghai Wildlife Protection Management Station started the search for one, though progress has been slow. This has also made the Reed Parrotbill the symbol of a local initiative to protect the wetlands of Nanhui. I would like to introduce two candidates, a bulbul and a parrotbill.

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

Unlike many humans, they don't burden their bodies with flesh they didn't evolve to eat or factory stuff like hydrogenated oils or tooth-eroding sugar & acid concoctions unless given them by humans.) We humans, herbivores like ruminants, are fine with one stomach -- we don't eat the really tough stuff like grass.

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Puerto Rico Responsible Policies Meat Industry Humane Treatment 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

People, they argue, are more important than bugs, and besides, the money will help pay to protect other conservation land. Regular readers of this site might be able to think of a much discussed example, that of birding on National Wildlife Refuges versus hunting. The other tricky area of use it or lose it is how you use it.

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Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 167

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

You may have read about them in the Wall Street Journal , the BBC Wildlife Magazine , or perhaps watched them on BBC, who filmed them here twice, for the Planet Earth II in 2015 and for the One Planet in 2018. Rightfully, this town centre doubles as a nature reserve – an officially protected owl habitat.

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