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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

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Allow me to take you back in time, to November 2014. Too little, too late – yes; but still a step in the right direction. You guessed it right – the hunting lobby used their influence for political pressures. Unfortunately, this meeting was not about their protection, but about the lack of it! Left: David Lindo, a.k.a.

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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

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However, I will pick a fight with the Rip Van Winkle Rod and Gun Club in Palenville, New York, which is sponsoring their fourth annual “Crow Down” March 29-30, 2014. The “Crow Down” is a “hunting contest” where both adults and children slaughter as many crows as they possibly can in two days. Why do they do this?

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Can Birds Be Safe? If Only.

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Lawrence University associate professor Dr. Susan Willson, who led a field study involving pet cats in 2013 and 2014. Will the people who determinedly allow their cats to slaughter wild birds use it? Birdsbesafe was invented in 2009, has a website filled with testimonials, and has received high praise from St. Does Birdsbesafe work?

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

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Three books will have been published about the Passenger Pigeon by the end of 2014: A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction by Joel Greenberg, The Passenger Pigeon by Errol Fuller, and A Message From Martha: The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and Its Relevance Today by Mark Avery.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

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But every photo is clearly here for a reason, whether to show juvenile plumage or large egg clutches or illegal trapping (many of the images in the Challenges and Conservation chapter are from CABS, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter). I somehow knew right away that the bird I saw was a Wryneck. copyright © 2022 Gerard Gorman.