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Star-Powered Auction for Animals!

4 The Love Of Animals

Autographed acoustic guitar by The Eagles. Star-Powered Auction for Animals! originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 5, 2009. Tags: events celebrities helping animals fundraiser. Autographed electric guitar by Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi. Picture and “Lost Highway&# CD autographed by Richie Sambora.

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Birdwatching the Okavango Delta

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While we look for animal tracks, you’ll see so much else as we go. Hornbills, Paradise Flycatchers , day roosting Giant Eagle Owls or if we’re really lucky Pel’s Fishing Owl , the holy grail! Imagine waking in your tent at dawn, woken by the calls of Red-billed Spurfowl and Fork-tailed Drongos, a light breakfast then out into the bush.

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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

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eagles and vultures ) so we need to pay attention. By-catch is the catchy word for animals that are killed from fishing that are not the fish being fished. You will be wiping out the whooping cranes, taking down the golden eagles, aborgating a handful of rare warblers. These are the dolphins in your tuna fish, for example.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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Soon calls about injured birds poured in from animal hospitals, the police and fire departments, and various government agencies. Nadeem and Mohammed have received numerous honors, including a Special Award for Humane Enforcement at the India for Animals Conference this year in Jaipur.

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Hey, What About the Great Auk?

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That’s one reason, probably the biggest reason, why we don’t have centennials for animals that become extinct in the wild. And we did , for the Peregrine Falcon and Osprey , the Brown Pelican and Bald Eagle. Turns out, from what I could find, not particularly ceremonious. We could do it! Then the 80s happened.