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

10,000 Birds

As a result of the funding mechanisms whereby state agencies rely on hunter purchase of hunting tags to maintain operations, these bureaucracies are not going to promote predators in the face of opposition from hunters.”. It is protected and held in trust for society by governments or appropriate intergovernmental conventions (i.e.

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Atttorney's File Motion to Dismiss Charges Against AETA 4

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These activities are protected by the First Amendment. Tags: animal experimentation AETA 4. The AETA is so broad and unclear it could be used to suppress lawful protests and boycotts by any activists across the spectrum, no matter what the issue. The law must be struck down.” I have to say, this is pretty lame.

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Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?

Animal Person

Juluri is referring to something specific: the Supreme Court's examination of First Amendment protection of acts of cruelty to animals. Juluri's focus on animals used to entertain humans is intentional and speaks to the legal battle he refers to. And the article is worth reading just for that. What do you think?

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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However, the species sometimes referred to as the Barbary Duck appears very much out of place just about everywhere else. Slimbridge Wetland Centre (c) Mike Fuller @Riverhead, NY (c) Joe Kelly Magnificent Muscovy (c) Karen Davis Tags: ducks , features , manky , muscovy • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

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Half Hardy

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When I began birding with people from parts farther north I became familiar with the term “ Half Hardy “, which refers to those species of birds who are generally present in small numbers during mild winters, but usually can’t handle the rough patches of extreme cold temperatures and snow that are less frequent.

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A Problem with Gulls

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Collectively, they’re referred to as the Herring Gull complex. References in original]: [T]he taxa regarded by Mayr as subspecies of these two are now regarded as distinct enough to be regarded as separate species. argentatus as reference. Tags: gulls • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? michahellis.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

Latimer refers to his previous two posts where he has "documented the ethical and moral shallowness of the 'animal rights' credo itself, which is based more on an anti-human self hatred, taking the form of a 'moral' squeamishness concerned more with stamping out human 'cruelty,' no matter what the social or economic costs might be.