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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

Predators and storms can wreak havoc and human intervention is sometimes needed for survival. Mites will eventually kill the bird. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? It is illegal to keep a wild bird. Unfortunately a bird’s nest location is not always perfect.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

10,000 Birds

Photographs are powerful instruments in sharing the value of species’ existence and increasing the amount of humans who value species such as Snowy Owls. Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al. 1999, Holt et al.

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