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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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One exception is Magdalena Heinroth, a German ornithologist who, with her husband Oscar, raised and studied thousands of birds in her apartment in pre-World War II Berlin. The difference seems to be that Selous had previously killed birds and she had not. Birds and Us: A 12,000-Year History from Cave Art to Conservation. Size: 6.13

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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

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The Moustached Kingfisher was known by only three samples– one female “collected” in the 1920’s, the other two females “collected” in the 1950’s, according to an Audubon Magazine article. How it raised its chicks? The justification was ridiculously laughable: in order to further study the species. Or how gracefully it flew?

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

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Most likely orphaned by poachers who killed her mother for profit, the one-year-old baby is believed to have been subsequently attacked by local Maasai tribesmen who were angry about losing their traditional grazing land to the park. The above excerpt is from the September issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands now.

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On Mixing Bowl and Vegan Education

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Next month, Meredith will begin an aggressive marketing campaign for Mixing Bowl, start a companion print magazine—and start launching cookbook authors through the site. I know that the average person doesn't look at it this way, but is a birthday cake really worth killing someone for? And the same is certainly true of my husband.

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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

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And the absurdity is in the reality that the author and the featured person who kills sentient nonhumans for a living, think they're onto something. While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter."

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

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What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. One percent of the wild population of whooping cranes fell to guns this winter alone.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. From July 1 2008-June 30 2009 Ducks Unlimited raised 200.4

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