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France's Ugly Secret: Eating Endangered Songbird

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Now France can add another to its long list of gastronomic sins.eating ortolan, an endangered songbird. The hunting and selling of ortolans, which have suffered a Europe-wide decline of 40-50% in the last 40 years, has been illegal in France since 1999. Tags: poaching france endangered species. From the Guardian.

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Decoy: Cabernet Sauvignon (2016)

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Eventually, the name came to be attached to another kind of game hunting device with which we’re more familiar today: life-sized wooden carvings of waterfowl floated on water to fool birds into landing within range of nearby hunters lying in wait. The playful name admits the ruse, of course, and Decoy might be commended for their honesty.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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Scaup are the Worst Duck

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Scaup are so worthless that when you input “I love scaup” into Google you only get four results and three of them are hunting related. We have exactly two posts tagged with either “ Greater Scaup ” or “ Lesser Scaup.” And even if such a bird existed and were endangered no one would want to see it.

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