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Shutting Your Trap

10,000 Birds

Had I known the law better I would have said, “Excuse me, but this trap is not worth over $250 nor have I damaged it with explosives, so in the State of New York you cannot legally charge me with Malicious Mischief.” “Do you think this is funny?” he snapped, glaring at me as if I were an eight-year-old. “I

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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Such bills have been introduced in the past by elected officials in Rhode Island, Colorado, and Tennessee, and the first-ever bill for a statewide registry in California was today announced by its sponsor, State Senator Dean Florez.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

Rhode Island. Just don’t bring up the topic during a dinner with your in-laws. As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states. Examples: California. Connecticut. New Jersey. North Dakota.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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deep-pandemic birds (all local), and still-pandemic birds (a little travel), it is the Rhode Island Common Cuckoo that will define this year for me. Donna is up next and she has a bird that she had to chase: It’s Common Cuckoo for the win! In a year divided by pre-pandemic birds (travel!),

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