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

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAMWC) is often held up as the best system of wildlife management and conservation in the world. But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

The three young men returned to their friends, bragged about their exploits, and showed them trophies: metal banding tags, which members of the Pacific Rim Conservation had carefully placed on the albatrosses’ legs in order to keep track of individual birds. The young men had severed the birds’ legs in order to remove the tags.

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Many Animals Dying in Australian Wildfires

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Not only did we not think about the impact of the Australian wildfires on wildlife, but we didn't see the AP story on our very own sidebar. While the scope of the wildlife devastation was still unclear, it was likely to be enormous, {Jon Rowdon, president of the rescue group Wildlife Victoria} said. We are losers.

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Huge Effort to Rescue 60 Elephants in Malawi

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They are being moved to a wildlife sanctuary. From Wildlife Extra News. Tags: malawi africa animal rescue elephants endangered species. There has been a lot of violence between the elephants and subsistence farmers (unfortunately, I think the violence is pretty one-sided.)

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Saturday Night Wild!

4 The Love Of Animals

Among the forested islands and wildlife-rich floodplains of Botswana lies the highest concentration of baboons in Africa. Family drama unfolds when Boro is challenged and defeated by a hostile baboon outsider, and suffers the loss of his son to disease. Tags: tv. Saturday Night Wild!

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Palin Supports Brutal Method of Killing Wolves

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The wolves suffer needlessly because hunters simply wound them more often then not firing from an airplane. Here is a video from Defenders of Wildlife that shows the method (it's under 3 minutes). Tags: Palin alaska wolves. I'm not an absolutist on this point. Doing it from low flying aircraft, however, is just barbaric.

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Fur Free Fashion Show Winners Announced

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Born Free USA (BFUSA) is a nationally recognized leader in animal welfare and wildlife conservation. Through litigation, legislation, and public education, BFUSA leads vital campaigns against animals in entertainment, exotic “pets”, trapping and fur, and destructive international wildlife trade. Tags: born free fur fashion.

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