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When conservation and animal rights collide

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If you like animals you will generally not want them to suffer and you won’t want them to go extinct. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans. Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population.

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Parrots in My Costa Rican Neighborhood

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Small numbers of this endangered species wander in the Caribbean lowlands and foothills in search of seeding “Mountain Almond” and other trees. At least the tree is not found on their property and this probably gives it some protection. They don’t like the leaves and detritus that gathers below the tree.

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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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As a result, the bird has a long history with the Endangered Species Act. The group and its members typically allege that they observe birds or run birding companies or have a mission to protect and preserve birds, so the standing requirement is satisfied. But its U.S. What was once sage scrub is now suburbs and highways.

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African Penguins in Peril

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An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick. Their numbers have declined so rapidly that a paltry 10 percent of the pre-20th century population remains (read Adam Riley’s post on Africa’s endangered species ). And I recently returned to my home-town to get reacquainted with these little beauties.

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Peregrine Falcons at the National Wildlife Refuges

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I’m sure most of you know that the Peregrine Falcon became an endangered species because of the use of organochlorine pesticides, especially DDT, during the 1950′s, 60′s, and 70′s. They were officially listed as Endangered in 1970 in the U.S. Peregrine Falcon at Delevan National Wildlife Refuge.

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Critically Endangered Birds in Costa Rica- How to See Them, How to Help Them

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Some ways to help this incredible bird include supporting the Macaw Recovery Network , any efforts to protect and reforest habitat from eastern Honduras to eastern Panama and northern Colombia, and never buying a Great Green Macaw. These are the critically endangered birds of Costa Rica. Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata).

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The Giving Birders: Are They Out There?

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If birders are willing to spend so much money in the pursuit of birds, it seems some would be willing to spend some on protecting them as well…right? They have suffered from competition with Blue-winged Warblers (including hybridizing), forest succession, and parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds. Shocking, I know.