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AUGUST 21, 2021

Give certain, special trees the right conditions and they also take root in the shallow mud of estuaries and other coastal situations. Even better, the government of Costa Rica has stated its commitment to restoring and protecting mangrove forests as part of the Paris agreement.

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APRIL 10, 2015

No product works as well as taking responsibility for the agonizing deaths for which you are personally responsible, and keeping your cat indoors has the added benefit of protecting it from cars, predators, disease, starvation, fights, traps, guns, poison, etc. Birds birds and cats Birdsbesafe cat collars protect birds from cats'

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AUGUST 12, 2015

Tell me, what happens if we rip away hunting when hunting protects more wildlife land in Africa than national parks? Although lip service was paid to the fact that lions are endangered and a lion was poached, the language of anger was the language of animals rights. This is of course an anathema for many in the animal rights camp.

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JULY 10, 2014

There were grumpy old fishermen, fishing through the closed season when the fish enter the backwaters to spawn, but also carrying handguns on their belts and assuming that, being armed and dangerous, they have every right to the area. Hence, I had the be equally grumpy to explain to them that I had an equal right to be there (equal right?

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The NRA has tried to portray this movement as “taking away hunters’ rights,” which does nothing but insult the hunters already on board. This is not protecting hunters’ rights; this is taking away a law that protects the health of both hunters and wildlife.

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

And asking yourself the right question is more than half the way towards the answer. Large windows and unobstructed views of the river are a criterion for the right observation point. Since the roosts of Pygmy Cormorants should receive official protection, how bright is the future?

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AUGUST 22, 2024

I admit she was right. Protecting your productivity and directing energy to your own needs can break this pattern of behavior. Willingly, they’d bike over to help me mow and rake so we could be off to more thrilling adventures. She argued that “two boys are worth half-a-boy, and three boys are like no boys at all!”

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DECEMBER 24, 2015

Worried by the lack of appropriate action by the authorities (as described in the previous post ), this year I invited two more wildlife protection organisations to take part in the annual census of Pygmy Cormorants in Belgrade. “The Pygmy Cormorant is a strictly protected bird species in Serbia, as well as in the European Union.

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MARCH 22, 2013

But then we get a few heroes who do everything right, who go far out of their way to help an injured wild creature, and who restore … well, maybe not our complete faith in humanity, but at least our confidence that we won’t end up in jail for the rest of our lives. Here is an example of the former type.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Their name, of course, comes from the fact that they grow a protective layer of feather down their legs for insulation. They spend the summer in the Arctic, nesting on cliffs, getting into skirmishes with Skuas , protecting their young from wolverines.

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APRIL 16, 2015

A furtive peek to the smaller part of the pond at the right hand side, some fishes are twirling at the very surface, showing off their flanks for the moment, then their backs… some strange fishes. The Reva is not protected. kilometres / 0.7 miles towards the Danube River ahead of me.

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Otters Serbia Fish Mammals 226

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This is a bit of a dilemma for local authorities – on the one hand, they would presumably like to protect the birds, on the other hand, they also want to draw as many tourists to the place as possible. It is famous for its mudflats that are used as a refueling stop for Spoon-billed Sandpiper.

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JULY 21, 2018

As we enter the second century of protecting, preserving, and respecting our wild spaces, certainly no one would actually consider undoing, reversing, and exploiting our national parks, forests, and monuments. After all, removing resources is the exact opposite of protecting resources. And yet, it has begun. Horned Lark.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

If habitat is protected, they can also act as important pathways to fantastic places and can greatly facilitate connecting people with birds and biodiversity. Roads near Dominical – There is good forest right along the coastal highway but there’s also a fair bit of traffic.

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MAY 16, 2020

After a lot of backing and forthing, the vendor accepted our offer and the wood is to become a trust to be protected in perpetuity. The real upside is that it is right by my house and the Tawny Owls occasionally stray into my oak tree at night. Anti-social behaviour has degraded the ambience of the wood in the past.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

This standing and the rights associated with it must be enforceable against the government so that the public can hold it accountable. Interpretation of these rights must be adaptable to contemporary concerns, such as biodiversity and species extinction. All three are impaired when the basis of public debate is a myth.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

These were taken right outside the golf course fence and within a hundred feet of a car dealership parking lot. We need to protect their remaining habitat and spread the word of their predicament. This is what a group looks like when you arrive in their territory and they are at their burrow entrance.

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California Owls 2013 Factory 260

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JULY 9, 2015

In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low. One White-eyed Buzzard has turned its back to us.

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MARCH 6, 2012

Now they mock the march of our dead by flinging contemptuous coins at their feet… We are shadows of tender fury; our dark wings will cover the sky again, and their protective cloak will shelter the dispossessed and the good men and women who understand that justice and peace go hand in hand.

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2007 Shelters Mexico Protection 244

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APRIL 25, 2024

And I must be careful to protect my skin, having had a couple of basal cells removed. I say that I may someday be unable to climb hills all do heavy gardening, so I am going to do as much of these things right now as I possibly can. I do carry about ten extra pounds of excess weight.

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Livestock Birds Sparrows Mexico 246

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APRIL 10, 2021

Other stops revealed more Red-eyed Vireos, additional Scarlet Tanagers, and a few Summer Tanagers but the biggest movements of birds took place right on the coast. From the Amazon to Ohio, protecting birds also means protecting habitat through supporting and promoting sustainable use from home to the foothills of Colombia.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The conservation need is urgent: great attention has rightly been paid to Brazil’s Amazonian rainforest but not enough resources have gone to the Pantanal and the Cerrado, of which only 4% and 5%, respectively, are protected. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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MARCH 26, 2020

Dubovacki Rit (Dubovac Wetland) is a part of the Labudovo okno Ramsar Wetland and protected within the Deliblato Sands Reserve. To reach the western section, turn right at the first cross junction (coming from the direction of the town of Kovin) and just follow the street until you climb the levee. Dubovacki Rit , Labudovo okno.

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JUNE 27, 2017

Ka’ena Point is also a breeding ground for the Federally protected Laysan albatross, where 45 nests were being carefully monitored by the non-profit Pacific Rim Conservation. What about others who work tirelessly to repopulate and protect wildlife, who live in fear this may happen to their colonies? Please write: [link] .

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JULY 1, 2024

That is even though the species was designated as a second-level national key protected species in 2021, meaning that keeping it at home is no longer permitted in China ( source ). Yes, you are right: Yellow Bittern. I have long suspected that colorblindness is widespread among ornithologists. A hint: the name starts with a color.

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Giraffes Rabbits Birds Breeding 245

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Thanks to fortunate foresight, a lot of land was set aside in Costa Rica as national parks and protected areas (and some of these are easily accessed) but the best forest still happens to be at the terminus of the road and en route, you will be treated to species deficit birding in plenty of pastures.

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JULY 5, 2014

It is a common bird and easily seen if you are in the right place at the right time and they can be quite social. Non-breeding birds form together into flocks, while breeding birds sometimes seek protection by nesting in loose colonies. True to its name it is the world’s largest grebe.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Must be a joke, right? Various bird species continue to be affected by those destructive days of deforestation and the subsequent edge effects but thankfully, protected areas were established before any of the regional or country endemic bird species were gone forever. But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder?

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MAY 3, 2022

It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. Corps of Engineers to protect Galveston Bay at the end of the 19th-century. I imagined walking right up to them.

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JULY 18, 2021

However, once they have chicks to protect they have a lot more work to do. It is only early in the breeding season here right now, but we always hope for the best with all of our breeding attempts along our coastline. It is not somewhere where people generally walk, because they prefer the actual beach.

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MARCH 24, 2014

What I want to know is: a hundred feet away, how can these people tell the difference between a crow and a raven, which is a protected species?” Read your own headline, take a look at the buffalo skulls pictured at right, and wake up, Rip Van Winkle. She owns an arsenal of rifles, and has been licensed to carry a handgun for 17 years.

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Killing Animal Abuse Slaughter Slaughtered 272

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Beljarica floodplain, from the Danube at the left to the embankment at the right hand side. Out of these 136 bird species, 108 are strictly protected and further 28 protected by Serbian legislation. White-tailed Eagles by Szekeres Levente. Only two years ago, in the spring 2014, Serbia had catastrophic floods.

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Our resident shorebirds have started to breed in the last few weeks and there are numerous Pied Oystercatcher nests along our shores right now. We knew that she may well not be right at the nest when we initially noticed her movement and moved slowly forward making sure that we found her footprints and therefore the nest.

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MAY 26, 2016

And, in that process, the initially drawn borders started to expand to include some new sites, such as the heronry at the nearby fish farm, a few more territories of White-tailed Eagles and the roost of up to 10 percent of the European population of Pygmy Cormorants , right inside the city.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

With this growth, and increase in full time residents, has come a demand for homes, many of which are located right on the beautiful white sand beaches. Up until recently, the only environmental issue that has been found news worthy has been the protection of the large number of sea turtles that come to these beaches to nest.

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Sea Turtles Turtles Protection California 207

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

photographers illegally in the dunes at left stalking the Snowy Owl at right Where on Saturday there was only dunes, beach, ocean, and owl there was, on Sunday, dunes, birders, beach, birders, ocean, birders, owls, and photographers. But, let me tell you, the atmosphere between the two days couldn’t have been much more different.

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MARCH 15, 2016

Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. Because many NWRs were established to protect migrating birds, they lie along one of the four primary flyways. These protected areas are not merely convenient, they are essential. The Refuge System protects and, in some cases, restores, some of what remains.

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