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Pelican Release with International Bird Rescue

10,000 Birds

First, you get to tour one of their California centers , you get a special opportunity to see a Pelican getting its final medical exam and numbered leg band, plus you get the honor of releasing one, or in my case, two of their rehabilitated pelicans! There are advantages to being a “Pelican Partner” for International Bird Rescue

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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

10,000 Birds

As the national bird of Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the African Fish Eagle is usually very busy whenever it stays in these countries, giving speeches, opening shopping centers, etc. Apologies – I have not taken my anti-cynicism medication for a while now, and it starts to show).

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On the Land Grant University Meat Problem

Animal Person

Instead, our LGUs teach the false ancient beliefs that maintain meat -- including dairy, fish, eggs, and feed crops -- as an institution. . Our most insidious institution -- as my talk in Miami in 10 days (August 29th) will explain! I look forward to meeting RPA's Florida members who are able to attend!

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Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Once used as fertilizer, the crabs are now harvested as bait for common whelk and bled for an extract used in medical research. The three co-authors of Life Along the Delaware Bay are scientists who know how to write about science without jargon or pretense. Most articles on the Delaware Bay focus on horseshoe crabs and Red Knots.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School. Sarah Palin of Alaska—that the Fish and Wildlife Service should not list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because science doesn’t support doing so—doesn’t persuade. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan.

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A Problem with Gulls

10,000 Birds

Mayr technically studied medical sciences, but he was a true and fanatic/fantastic birder and this was the reason for him choosing Greifswald over any other university – he wanted to go birding there. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. The proposal from U.S.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

I walked into an enormous dining area filled with rehabbers, and they were all eating lasagna and talking about the kind of animal medical issues that would send most people running from the room. It was the first time I went to a wildlife rehabilitators conference. I thought, “Finally! I’ve found my tribe!”. photo by John Huba.