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Accessibility Matters

10,000 Birds

I do not (yet) have any accessibility issues, and my only experience regarding anything akin to accessibility has been limited to the period when my daughter was in a stroller, which presents only a tiny sliver of the challenges faced by many. Some access issues are addressed by federal law. Bush in 1990.

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Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Birds of the West: An Artist’s Guide presents both sides of the artistic equation–lovely prints and water colors of 88 (or so) North American birds of the Pacific Northwest; commentary on how the author/artist created the images; and lessons on how to draw and paint birds in various media.

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

10,000 Birds

Accordingly, FWS manages with conservation as its primary priority and compatible wildlife-dependent recreation (hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, environmental education and interpretation) as a secondary priority. The System also helps implement the Endangered Species Act and other federal conservation laws.

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Birders Ignoring Signs

10,000 Birds

And this year the pickin’s for quality hunting grounds may be even slimmer. Someone pointed out that the release area already had at least 1 other Snowy Owl present. When in doubt, follow Wheaton’s Law. I overhead a conversation with a US Fish and Wildlife employee who takes care of live trapping birds in my region.

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Tom Regan on the Animal-Rights Movement

Animal Ethics

On the contrary, it is unwittingly to voice the very prejudices it has been the object of the present work to identify and refute. Might does not make right; might does make law. To overcome the collective entropy of these forces-against-change will not be easy. Moral philosophy is no substitute for political action.

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Feeding Wild Birds in America: Culture, Commerce & Conservation: A Book Review by a Curious Bird Feeder

10,000 Birds

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

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. It's too bad that Latimer's presentation is so obnoxious, as even when he raises what might be valid points, he makes you want to disagree with him.