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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

10,000 Birds

The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests. Given that few hunters actually consume coyotes, wolves, cougars, and except for a few individuals, even bears, it is obviously a “waste” of wildlife to shoot or trap these animals just for “fun” 2.

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The Birds at Itasca State Park Are All Wet

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A couple of different work-related friends of both my mother in law and father in law have cabins up north, and most of them are in the same general vicinity. Now, Baxter is heavily developed, with big box stores and all, and Brainard is a welfare town.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

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In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare." First of all, does he really believe that piffle?