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Spotting the 4 Eagles Of Alaska

10,000 Birds

It’s like finding the crown jewel of wildlife sightings. When you think “Alaska wildlife,” the Bald Eagle probably flies right into your mind. Despite once being endangered due to hunting and pesticides, Bald Eagles have made a remarkable comeback, getting delisted from the U.S. Spotting an eagle in Alaska?

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Almost One-Third of Japanese Whale Kill Was Pregnant

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From Wildlife Extra. Of 679 whales reported to have been killed during the 2008-2009 whale hunt in Antarctica, 304 were female. Tags: whales Japan hunting whaling. Leave it to the Japanese. Always classy. Four of the female whales were lactating, and 192 were pregnant at the time of death.

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An End to Japanese Whaling?

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I seriously doubt it, despite the Greenpeace report in Wildlife Extra News. Tags: Japan hunting greenpeace whaling. It's too much a matter of international pride. (I I know, I know, I'm always a pessimist.but I'm so good at it!)

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Psychiatrist Arrested for Trafficking in Gall Bladders

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From the Seattle P-I: A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan. Tags: wildlife trafficking gall bladders bears.

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Whales in danger.

4 The Love Of Animals

IFAW advocates for the protection of wildlife in their habitats, works to prevent cruelty to animals, and rescues individual animals. The number of whales each country will have permission to hunt is yet to be determined, and may ignore estimated sustainable whaling limits.

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I and the Bird: What is an Ibis?

10,000 Birds

White-faced Ibis at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge – Larry Jordan, 10,000 Birds. Roseate Spoonbills at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge – Corey Finger, 10,000 Birds. They are birds of the march, with long billed particularly adept at probing mud and extracting prey critters from well-dug trenches.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. David Tipling, award-winning and widely published wildlife photographer, travelled the world during this period, photographing people interacting with birds, and sometimes, just birds. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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