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Thought To Be Extinct For 100 Years

10,000 Birds

A large and striking bird like this would be hard to neglect in a museum collection. There were reasons to think that the White-winged Guan had been extirpated by over-hunting. Guans have also been introduced in the Laquipampa Wildlife Refuge. This flock is composed of about 54 birds including nine breeding pair.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

It tends to be the Jersey natives who drive too fast and refuse to build fences in their backyards who view wildlife as the enemy. The article’s observations regarding “rutted roads” and “long-neglected picnic groves and campgrounds” more accurately describe the pitiful condition of the reservation.

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The Queen

10,000 Birds

However, he neglected to shut the top of the box, and off she flew, her legs bound with green tape. She taught them how to hunt, and when they were released in the fall she stayed on her perch, dozing in the sun. The maintenance man declared that his father was a falconer, and that he would take her home so he could care for her.

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