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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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But “Hawk”’s active ingredient, a deadly second-generation anticoagulant, bromadialone, has been implicated in the deaths of Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Cooper’s Hawks, and other raptors : American Kestrels, Barn Owls, Golden Eagles, Great Horned Owls, and Turkey Vultures. Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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Owning A Fish Farm Does Not Mean You Can Kill Birds

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Both Vu and the company were ordered to pay $40,000 to the Texas Park and Wildlife Foundation and a $5,000 fine and put on eighteen months probation after being found guilty in federal court. How bad was Vu and company?

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Avian influenza H5N2 in the Mississippi and Pacific Flyways

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Close to 5% of turkeys being farmed in Minnesota have been or shortly will be destroyed , and the virus is also affecting chickens. There will be a Turkey for every table for the US Thanksgiving. Will H5N2 Kill Wild Birds? People should avoid contact with sick/dead poultry or wildlife. Should we be concerned about H5N2?

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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What I don’t understand is why animal rights organizations almost completely ignore wildlife. It seems that these people, who purport to claim to care so much about animals, are completely ignorant of the existence of any animal life beyond horses, cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys. For example, when the U.S.

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Keep finding decapitated mice/rats under car

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Oh and a turkey one time. I'm not out in the country either (despite the wildlife.) And I could even see that being the case even with the lack of consumption as I've known cats that killed for sport but didn't eat the prey. Maybe some kind of grackle? Idk, generic store brand bird lol. Not even in a window.

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Birding beyond Brisbane

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By 6am we had our first Australian Brush-Turkey as shown in the above photograph and the list was soon started. You soon adapt to the early mornings and early nights to coincide with the wildlife! Laughing Kookaburras with Australian Brush-Turkey in the background at a campsite. One lovely campsite! Grant ignoring Emu.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Trinidad Lake SP–Watchable Wildlife Trail. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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