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Black Bear

Animal Person

I mistakenly believed that geography would solve any problems I had: that once positioned where all of nature is respected, and people are working toward the common goal of protecting the environment, I would be in that elusive place we spend our lives searching for—home. On a brisk November morning, I decided to leave law school.

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Starlings and Eagles

10,000 Birds

The aim of the game was to band raptors, and specifically to band Golden Eagles. To understand, and thus to protect. Sara, one of the researchers, explained that it was a newish bird. Any bird that was wounded — and a bander could often prevent that fate by firing the net quickly enough — was nursed back to health.

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