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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

10,000 Birds

Thomas Serfass, a professor at Maryland’s Frostburg State University says, “I would describe the North American Model as incomplete. ” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife. New Ideas In Conservation.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. Virtually everyone agrees that: (1) It is wrong to cause a conscious sentient animal to suffer for no good reason. Nor ought we kill them without reason.

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Climate Change and Birds

10,000 Birds

And, in that area there is something every bird lover will be interested in: I’ve recently heard that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources may be implementing a new policy dictated by the realities of climate change. I.e., will a lack of, or reduced, winter kill-offs of parasites affect these birds? Because it is.

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