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Snowy Owl Ethics

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Most arguments for conserving a species focus on things that we can measure in dollar amounts, such as ecotourism, medical benefits, etc. Profile pages, photography groups, and regional birding groups are filled with Snowy Owl photos this time of year. Social media has become a major pathway for sharing photographs.

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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

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Others are being killed for use in traditional medicine. Apologies – I have not taken my anti-cynicism medication for a while now, and it starts to show). This can lead to birds being poisoned. If that sounds stupid, that is because it is. ” This sparrow does not want to hear it has a beautiful soul. ” ( source ) .

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Lightning Storms and Eagles

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This blog was written by Marge Gibson, founder of the Raptor Education Group, Inc. But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient. We medicated her for maggots, picked at least 100,000 of the creepy critters from her abdomen, and finally treated the injury. in Antigo, WI.

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Peterson Field Guide to Mushrooms of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

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As in the ornithological world, there has been a major shift in groupings and scientific names of mushrooms. Like Boletes, they have tubes, but they are separate groups according to my reading.). These are much simpler, depending on the features on the specific group. The updated nomenclature is a very important feature.

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The Queen

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When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve seen photos of birds with so many bands it looks like they’re wearing stockings, and then there’s the awful story of Violet , whose band eventually killed her. She was tired, thin, and had several medical issues. And to prove it, there’s The Queen.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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For Engber, who dispassionately describes procedures most of the time, the "advances" in the medical care of humans are all well worth what he and other vivisectionists do to dogs and other sentient nonhumans. Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." And for what?

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KwaZulu-Natal

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Dr Smith was later in charge of medical services in the Crimea but had a feud with Florence Nightingale and was severely criticized for mismanagement, yet despite this he was knighted in 1859. Woodward’s Barbet belongs to a group of barbets known as Green Barbets. Image by Adam Riley.