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Snow Leopard hunt by Adam Riley (INDRI Ultimate Wildlife Tours)

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Knowing this, we were certainly far from disappointed by our experience but we of course all dreamed of a closer view. Our Snow Leopard sat, quite Cheetah-like, before stalking off and once again rolling in the gravel, apparently an indication of the desire to mask its scent before a hunt. View of our camp in the Rhumbak Valley.

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What’s in a Name: Snipe Hunt

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Birders roll their eyes – of course snipe really exist, and of course they’re not a subspecies of jackalope! Real snipe hunting, for those that partake of such practices, is a daytime activity that involves guns and being able to track the birds’ rapid flight from cover. – but don’t dig deeper.

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Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

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The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. At the end of the day, however, no one from the club’s side ever addressed the actual issue: that people who have no problem with hunting do have a problem with mass slaughter, especially when it is being taught to children. As a group, yes, we are anti-hunting,” she said.

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Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

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It is estimated that tens of thousands of shorebirds continue to be taken annually by hunting clubs on just these three islands. This practice is a throwback to more than a century ago when gunners hunted shorebirds throughout the Americas. Shorebird hunting within these areas continues to be unregulated to the present time.

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Feral Cat Advocates Lie

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Of course, the deluded folks just spin and lie and make stuff up. Birds are a long way down a cat’s food chain so well-fed cats tend not to hunt at all, he says. And cats, regardless of the amount of food provided for them, hunt instinctually. For example, how many lies can you find in the quote below from this article ?

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UK Hunting Ban Could Be in Jeopardy

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It's been five years since the hunting ban was passed in Britain. It bans fox hunting, hare coursing, and stag hunting. Tags: UK fox hunting hare coursing stag hunting. You can still flush a fox out with dogs, but you can't kill it. If the Tories take over, it could be in real jeopardy.

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Duck Numbers And Duck Stamp Sales No Longer Correlate

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The number of people who hunt waterfowl in the US has declined since the mid 1990s. From the abstract of the study: Current waterfowl populations provide liberal hunting seasons, but waterfowl hunter numbers have declined since the mid–1990s. And, of course, bird watchers are in a sense free-loading on the duck stamps as well.

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