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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

10,000 Birds

My first ‘protest’ memory involved putting pencil to notebook paper and writing the President about the harmful effects of DDT. But birds can fly so they’ll be fine, right? It has since become common year-round in native woods of far southern Texas.”. 360 miles of National Park land at the border! 27, August 2018, Vol.

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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

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This gives animal rights activists some time to prepare further defense of the animals. Bill Richardson on Thursday the chimps will not be transferred to a San Antonio, Texas, facility until the National Academy of Sciences reviews policies on using chimpanzees in biomedical research. Animal welfare activists protested the transfer.

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Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review

10,000 Birds

We see a closer shot of the river itself, hawks flying across the span, and then we see that brown line again, close up, a wall of brown panels filling the right side of the screen, continuing into the distance, no end in sight, while a white pick-up truck drives parallel to it at the far left of the screen.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. Wicked, right? Kentucky Dept.

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