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eBird Economics: How Much Would You Pay to See Birds?

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The economic “impact” of a birding festival can be estimated by looking at expenditures of attendees ( e.g., hotel rooms, meals, souvenirs, transportation costs, etc.). For example, binoculars and field guides have a cost that can be measured in dollars.

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The Irony of The Girl Effect

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But each time Oprah or a guest mentioned a statistic, and the audience was appropriately surprised and disgusted by that statistic, a statistic about animals quickly popped into my mind. The central message of the program was not about enslaving animals, of course.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

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If you do view the documentary, I suspect that you will agree that "raising," transporting and slaughtering animals in this way is, indeed, prima facie wrong and ought not be supported, absent a very compelling reason for doing so.] Running time: 12 Minutes.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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Prepared by the Audubon Society with statistics, Greeley was able to link bird protection to crop protection, making it a food conservation priority and thus a war issue. Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds.