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15 Years: Things Will Never Be The Same

10,000 Birds

Not only is it a very impressive citizen science project that manages to marshal the legions of birders around Canada and the U.S., Time will tell how much good science can be wrung from the data (due to observer bias, misidentifications, the vastly differing skillsets of contributing observers, under-birded areas, etc.), 6) Taxonomy.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

That’s what you do with other game, right? My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years!

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Only then will these companies “do the right thing,” if only to ensure their continued survival. 5, 2009 The writer worked from 1978 to 1990 at Consumers Union as a health and science writer for Consumer Reports Magazine. Starting today, I’m no longer eating ground beef. Ann Calandro Flemington, N.J.,