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Bird Litigation: “Standing” and the California Gnatcatcher

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range largely consists of valuable real estate along the Southern California coast and urban development around San Diego and Los Angeles has eliminated much of its habitat. Thus, the court did not even address the science regarding taxonomy and connectivity, which continues to develop. But its U.S.

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Tom Regan on the Use of Animals in Science

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All that the rights view prohibits is science that violates individual rights. Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 388 [first edition published in 1983]) The rights view merely requires moral consistency in this regard. (

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Three Interesting Things

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Imagine yourself on board a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to New York City, an eight-hour journey that begins at bedtime and ends at breakfast. Museum of Natural Sciences and N.C. Your plan to sleep during the flight is thwarted by sporadic turbulence and an uncomfortable seat. A group of researchers at the N.C.

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Big Years in 2013

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Greg Cantrell is doing a New Jersey Big Year, hoping for 300 species, and raising funds for the New Jersey Audubon Citizen Science program. David Bell is doing a Los Angeles County, California, Big Year this year and, according to eBird, had already hit 156 species as of 8 January.

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Rescue Spotlight: Kitten Rescue

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Founded in 1997, it has become one of the largest animal rescue groups in Los Angeles. Kitten Rescue’s goal is to help Los Angeles become a no-kill city. WHEN: Saturday, September 11th, 2010 WHERE: The Skirball Cultural Center, Ahmanson Hall, Los Angeles. Tickets are $125 each, available at [link].

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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

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Butchart is head of science at BirdLife International and chairs the IUCN Red List Technical Working Group. You can read more about the study at The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times , among others. … Conservation Audubon endangered species Extinction Week longspurs science' And get angry and take action.

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The ABA’s 50th Anniversary and Information: From Scarce to Abundant

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My impression is that most young birders are eBirders, a trend that will surely continue due to its convenience, accessibility, and contribution to science. It made the Los Angeles Times and UCLA even issued a press release. (The 10,000 Birds collaborative list is maintained exclusively on eBird, for example.)

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