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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

10,000 Birds

Lead remains in both fishing and hunting products, with strong lobbies that insist lead poisoning is not real, even as our facilities fill regularly with birds afflicted with it. Rehabilitators also cooperate with law enforcement on illegal activity, and even monitor emerging diseases in avian species.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

We actually spent considerable time searching unsuccessfully for this highly sought-after bird; however I did suspect they were not gone, as several hunters I interviewed knew the bird and claimed it still existed. According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008.

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