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EU Bans Seal Imports

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The New York Times reports that the ban will still allow seal products from traditional hunts by the Inuit people, also known as Eskimos, in Canada and Greenland. Tags: canada europe seal hunters seals. And Canada is going to appeal the decision at the WTO. victory for now.

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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

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He then goes on to show, among other things, how the good, acceptable way to picture the bird is when it faces left (as on the Great Seal of the United States), and the “sinister” way is when it faces right (as used by the America First movement of the early 1940’s, the German Nazi party, and on a t-shirt marketed by Donald Trump’s campaign).

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How Do You Stop Ravens From Destroying Your Car?

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A good friend of my mother’s back in my hometown of Saugerties, New York, is having a problem. The ravens rip apart their windshield wipers and destroy the rubber seals that keep their cars waterproof. She and her coworkers have had their cars besieged by Common Ravens. Now, this is not an unknown problem.

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Hitting Bottom in Brooklyn, or, A Boat Aground

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Seven birders, a boat for hire, and a cruise around lower New York Harbor and vicinity looking for good birds. A surprise was a Common Merganser , a bird we don’t see much in New York City and especially not flying over the coast in Brooklyn. A bunch of Harbor Seals of Swinburne Island was a nice consolation though.

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Animal Ethics

Here is a New York Times story about seal meat.

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Animal Ethics

Here is a New York Times story about the seal trade.

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Bird Books for Children: From Colors & Shapes to Discovering Central Park

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And, for the hornbills above, an old tree hollow: Mama built a sealed nest. The hornbill paragraph, for example explains how the male seals the female into the cavity nest, using mud and droppings, leaving a small hole through which he feeds her. within an old tree’s hollow. My daddy left a little hole.