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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

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Regarding deer: The harm caused by overcrowding of deer herds on limited available lands, to both the deer and humans, is well documented in the scientific literature, which also documents the fact that controlled hunting is not only the most cost effective way to deal with the problem, but the only really effective way as well.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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New Zealand has been the recipient of a higher than average number of introduced species, in particular a range of mammals from elk to mice. Animal rights groups sued to prevent poison being used to kill the rabbits, and even told a mediator that they would rather every reptile on the island die than a single rabbit be killed.

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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

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Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. We use toxins, pesticides, and herbicides in many ways, from dusting our pansies to increasing the yield of thousands of acres of crops.

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Mega Rarity Tour of New Zealand – Extinction Special

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Here we should see the flightless Lyall’s Wren , once called Stephen’s Island Wrens (after the island they were first described from), as they scurry around the forest floor like mice! There are few sights on Earth more astonishing than the largest flying predator making its kill. It certainly has no known relatives.

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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As it is critically endangered (there are only about 100 left), I think it can be forgiven for killing the occasional Pale Thrush (which is listed as Least Concern). Unfortunately, Hen Harriers die disproportionally near British Grouse moors – most likely killed illegally by people hunting grouse for sports ( source ).

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