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Migration and More: A Bird News Update

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Don’t put off that birding trip to Ghana on your to-do list—if trends continue, illegal logging may leave you with nothing left to see. Birds facing a long migration are more apt to take a gamble and stop for a bite in predator-prone habitat, according to findings in The Auk.

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See CHIMPANZEE, Save Chimpanzees Challenge

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Today, only 1/10 remain, primarily due to habitat loss and illegal hunting. Current trends indicate that African ape populations will decline by an additional 80% in the next 30 to 40 years. See CHIMPANZEE, Save Chimpanzees!

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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

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My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. Rehabilitators also cooperate with law enforcement on illegal activity, and even monitor emerging diseases in avian species. Apathy is the wrong approach, and I fear that is the direction we are headed.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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The latest edition of Bull’s Birds of New York State , the classic book on NYS bird status and distribution, came out in 1998, so the numbers and trends given here represent a 16 to 18 year jump in currency. It’s a very mixed chapter. Despite these limitations and exceptions, the status and distribution accounts are very useful.

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Organizations Putting Animals First

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Understanding that threats to animals can range from illegal trafficking to utter exploitation, these leaders strive to promote the safety and protection sanctuaries offer our fury, feathered, four-legged friends. She writes about the latest online mba news and current trends among online entrepreneurs. 48@gmail.com.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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Now with the evidence that the reversal of negative population trend is possible, the next big task ahead is to sustain it and make the 2022 target of 7,000 a reality, hopefully even with a year or two to spare. That, according to IUCN and range country governments , pushes the total population in the world up to about 4,468 animals.

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From Today's New York Times

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Inhumane confinement, illegal anticompetitive practices and factory farming hurt animals, the environment, the consumer, the public health and the farmer. Reversing the agricultural trends of the last half century is a policy area where almost everyone’s interests are aligned. Regina Weiss Brooklyn, July 12, 2010