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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

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Hundreds of millions of sparrows were killed, almost to the point of extinction. As Moss shows, this “Great Sparrow Campaign” was based on nothing more than the “scientific illiteracy and unbridled power” of one man, Mao Zedong. Fine and dandy.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

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He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. of deaths in the same study were from gunshot wounds (Kerlinger and Lein 1988). 1999, Holt et al. of Snowy Owl deaths (Kerlinger and Lein 1988).

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Bird Litigation:  Guilty Plea Under Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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The company, ESI Energy LLC, built facilities in high-risk locations, failed to obtain permits, and its wind turbines killed approximately 150 eagles. Moreover, because some other wind energy companies did obtain permits and agreed to follow best practices to avoid killing eagles, ESI achieved a competitive advantage over those competitors.

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