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European Call to End Bird Trapping

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From July 6-8, there was a European conference in Larnaca about illegal bird killing , organized by Terra Cypria. It seems that it came off rather well, and was co-organized by the Cyprus Game Fund and members of the Bern Convention. Kingfisher on a limestick (Credit: Hüseyin Yorganc?) That’s welcome news.

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CA Wildlife Official Photographed with Dead Mountain Lion

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Dan Richards, president of the California Fish and Game Commission, is shown in the photo, holding a mountain lion he reportedly hunted and killed in Idaho, according to Western Outdoor Press, which published the photo. Hunting mountain lion is legal in Idaho, but illegal in California.

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Trumpeter Swans: Don’t Shoot Them

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Only several dozen of these swans wintered in the region (the region being, approximately, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming) and for some reason they were almost all at this river in this year, and on this day, they were right there in view. … It’s illegal to shoot trumpeter swans in Minnesota. Canada has more than the US.

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Kathy Hershey: Parker, the Playground’s Vulture

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After school and on weekends he’d attend soccer games and hang around playgrounds, preferring to spectate from the playground equipment. One Monday we got a call from one of the officers: “Hey, we’ve got to up our game! We definitely found the right bird for the job! We’re looking real bad here!” We have a situation here!”

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Shutting Your Trap

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The trap had been set in the woods right next to my house. What you did was illegal,” he said. Not only did we convince the local head of PRH that DEC was horning in on his territory, we managed to drag the president of the nearby Fish and Game Club – who personally detested trapping – into the fray.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge : Expand big game hunting.

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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

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It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. Because IT IS ILLEGAL TO INTERFERE WITH NESTING BIRDS!! Herein lies the problem. As a result, certain activities affecting swallows are subject to legal restrictions 1.

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