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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

10,000 Birds

I enjoy falconry, it’s not merely a sport or hobby, it is a lifestyle. If you are a bad hunting partner and do not flush enough game, the raptor will fly off when released and not return. I think what bothered me most was that I knew how angry birders get about owls and that this would be bad PR for falconry. Not always.

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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

10,000 Birds

Ba’Aka people are among the most well-known representatives of an ancient hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Game viewing on foot, by 4×4 or by motorboat. The region also provides food, fresh water and shelter to more than 75 million people of nearly 150 distinct ethnic groups.