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Another Fake Animal Welfare Group

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I was browsing for some quotes when I came across this group - The National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA). Our members are pet owners, dog and cat clubs, obedience clubs and rescue groups as well as breeders, trainers, veterinarians, research scientists, farmers, fishermen, hunters and wildlife biologists.

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Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language

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Common Raven not caring about the welfare of its offspring “Reihern” – to heron If someone is heroning, they are not having a good time at all, as “to heron“ describes the process of vomiting violently. You see, in German we have three distinct words for different groups of owls.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. And people that work in either conservation or animal welfare tend to like animals.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Do all hunters realize that? It gives one to wonder why this designation was made.

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The Birds at Itasca State Park Are All Wet

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If an Efe person spent time living with a group associated with a trail, he* would learn about that trail as well. If you look at extended families, perhaps several different nuclear groups will be associated each with a different cabin. Now, Baxter is heavily developed, with big box stores and all, and Brainard is a welfare town.

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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

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The League Against Cruel Sports believes that in the interests of raptor welfare, no further licences should be issued. There is no wind and the habitat is perfect for cottontail rabbits and the much larger jackrabbits (actually hares), the preferred quarry of this group of three birds. League Against Cruel Sports.