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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. Those snakes felt the same pain & suffering that a bunch of tortoises would've felt in the same situation.

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The Final Days of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade: Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is coming to Serbia

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When I reached the levee earlier that morning, I met an elderly hunter from whom I learned that there was an ongoing duck and pheasant hunt, but no one was shooting from, nor towards the embankment, hence I should be safe there. The only wildcat I found was illegally killed by hunters during closed season.

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France's Ugly Secret: Eating Endangered Songbird

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The hunting and selling of ortolans, which have suffered a Europe-wide decline of 40-50% in the last 40 years, has been illegal in France since 1999. "It is time to make the state face up to its responsibilities."

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. She says, “there’s just a cultural bias against anything related to hunting.”

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Protecting the Hyacinth Macaw and the Cerrado

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Illegal capture for the wild animal trade is an obvious peril for such a charismatic species, but this big blue bird is also hunted both for its meat and feathers. Last but certainly not least, the macaw suffers along with the other species in its ecosystem from rampant habitat destruction and deforestation.

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Peregrine Falcons at the National Wildlife Refuges

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BBC Nature has a really cool video of the Peregrine hunting a pigeon in a stoop. Although Peregrines are famous for hunting birds from above by stooping down on them, they use several other means of attaining prey and are most active at dawn and dusk. Don’t miss it! Peregrine Falcon from Sacramento NWR auto loop.

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The Whistle Blowers

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The combined effects of hunting, habitat loss and predation by introduced animals like rats and mongoose have extirpated the species from some islands and reduced numbers significantly on others. Between 1985 and 1991, the ducks suffered a further drastic decline with fewer than 100 birds estimated from Grand Cayman.