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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

I know he's a conservationist, therefore I know he will advocate for "managing" the "resources" that are sentient nonhumans. In the majority of cases, it is humans who are to blame for the plunging numbers of animals, and Corwin is very clear about the extent to which we have destroyed the world around us.

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Use it or lose it?

10,000 Birds

During the decades that preceded the Iraq war there were two schools of view on how to deal with that country and its troublesome leader. Around the world NGOs and governments are working to ensure that people can extract benefits from natural resources in ways that benefit both. All the resources we consume come from nature.

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Should is not a Solution

10,000 Birds

The way things should be is a very powerful motivating factor in human lives. It’s a powerful motivator that has attracted millions of people from all around the world to devote time and money to protect these resources. It is very natural condition to look at something going wrong and imagine what should be happening instead.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

I am not sure about the security situation in Iraq these days but at least some people do ornithological research there – resulting in papers such as one titled “Breeding observations of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789) in Iraq” Impressive.

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