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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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This put Coffee in an impossible position - he needed to rehome the pythons because they were illegal in Florida, but the FWC was threatening to face him with additional criminal charges if he did so. The FWC then proceeded to kill the total 34 pythons using a bolt gun. Reptiles that are not treated ethically simply do not make good pets.

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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

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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

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Now that the colony is off limits for hunting, the population has grown and the village is benefitting tremendously from entry and guide fees, and a school is being built courtesy of conservation funds. 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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