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JULY 3, 2018

This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. He says he is motivated by what he has learned from the curators about the skins importance to science, but he is also clearly irritated by the fact that Rist has gotten off so lightly.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 107

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Reportedly, any mention of the Red-vented Bulbul in Florida’s schools may soon be illegal as it is thought that the specific reference to the hind parts of the species may lead vulnerable children toward early sex. As the species is rather common, it is unlikely it will go extinct before this update happens.

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Birds China Woodpeckers Breeding 205

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JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. Rueppell’s (facing left) and White-backed (three birds facing right) Vultures have worryingly leapt two categories from Near-Threatened to Endangered.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 213

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MAY 16, 2018

Now, there are still 10 million of them there but, due in part to a population dip after 1970, it is, in the reign of the second Elizabeth, illegal to kill them intentionally. By the time of Queen Elizabeth I, they were considered vermin, a bounty placed on their small heads. What’s magic about 1970? What, for that matter, is normal?

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Humane Species North America Sparrows 107

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APRIL 4, 2015

During this year’s competition, each team raised money for – and awareness of – the illegal trapping of migratory birds in Cyprus , a fitting cause for a race that celebrates the miracle of migration. Since 1974 it has been illegal to harvest birds there with mist-nets and limesticks.

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Cyprus illegal Birds 259

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Unfortunately, Hen Harriers die disproportionally near British Grouse moors – most likely killed illegally by people hunting grouse for sports ( source ). I do not have anything interesting to say about the Red-flanked Bluetail right now, but the male is a very beautiful bird.

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Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 238