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Of Bird Diets, Dangers, and Delinquents

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Yep, at the Dred Scott Bird Sanctuary. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Maine, will use “nano-tags” to track migrating birds. Some jerk (I’d use a stronger word, but this is a family-friendly website) in Wisconsin is shooting raptors. Birding in the Bronx? Another study, led by the U.S.

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An End to Japanese Whaling?

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A major review of Japanese government spending could spell the end to whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, according to Greenpeace, after the review committee proposed massive cuts in subsidies to a body which funds the so-called scientific research programme. Tags: Japan hunting greenpeace whaling.

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"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism

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Change Of Heart provides science-based answers to many questions that are hotly debated among animal activists. Gene Baur, Director of Farm Sanctuary, adds that “Change of Heart provides fresh, research-based insight into how non-profits and individuals can more effectively create social change.” Tags: advocacy.

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Rescue Spotlight: Kitten Rescue

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WHAT: The Kitten Rescue Fur Ball at the Skirball is an annual fundraiser dinner held to support Kitten Rescue’s programs and the Kitten Rescue Homeless Cat Sanctuary. Event partners and sponsors include: PETCO, Central Life Sciences, Natural Balance, Febreze and Dyson. Tags: rescues.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Serbia self-drive birding tour planning

10,000 Birds

He made a whirlwind tour of some of the best birding areas in the country, from the Karajukica Bunari peat bog in the extreme southwest (by the border with Montenegro) all the way to the Slano Kopovo Crane Sanctuary in the northeast. He enjoys combining his passion for birds with computer science background to model nocturnal bird migration.

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

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Just ask Bill Taddicken, director of the Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary on the Platte River in Kearney. Sincerely, Julie Zickefoose Tags: cranes , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! 18 Responses to “Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?!

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