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Last Gasp for Sandhill Cranes—Act Now!

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Here are six top reasons to protest this hunt. photo by Vickie Henderson Six Top Reasons to Protest Eastern Flyway Crane Hunting: Sandhill cranes have a very low recruitment rate. One was “Superdad,” one of the few successful breeding whooping cranes in the entire eastern population. Please act now. Quick: what’s this?

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Open Season on Bald Eagles

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In my home state, Bald Eagles are breeding in 35 Ohio counties. People who protest our proposed hunt are trying to strip rights from the hunting public. Now they’re off the red list and bouncing back into the black. The total population in the continental US has risen to around 100,000 individuals. young per year.

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

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of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Letters and emails by the thousand poured into the commissioners’ offices, protesting its crane hunting proposal. Kentucky Dept.

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Lessons Learned, The Finale

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Films, blogs, books, e-zines, sanctuaries, protests, promotion of adoption (of humans and nonhumans!). All we know for sure, just from speaking with other vegans, is that there are as many stories as there are individuals. And because of that we should throw everything out there that we can in the service of justice for sentient nonhumans.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

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The Golden-throated Barbet has already launched several protests asking for a name change as it does not want to be associated with cannibalism – however, so far without success. That expedition is now mostly known for its failure and for the proven cannibalism some of its members resorted to.

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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

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According to Wikipedia, “A l owl ife is a term for a person who is considered morally unacceptable by their community” The local Nanhui shrikes are well aware that the word “lowlife” has an owl hidden inside, and mark the appearance of owls in their territory with harsh protests.

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A Little Win

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Turtle Dove Turtle Doves are a protected species in Britain, in fact the status of Turtle Doves has become of so much concern there is a special project called Operation Turtle Dove created to look at how the huge declines in our British breeding populations might be halted.

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