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How To Help A Baby Bird

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It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. The first few years for female ducks and geese are kind of practice rounds. A lone gosling or duckling is vulnerable to all sorts of predators like raptors, bass, herons, fox, snapping turtles and foxes (just to name a few).

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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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It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. Finley National Wildlife Refuge : Expand big game hunting. Established in 1964, the William L.

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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The Lesser White-fronted Goose is not only rare in Serbia, but also overlooked among numerous Greater White-fronted Geese. Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway. European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur.

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