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Cull reminds us that gulls need friends
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24.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Prejudices against gulls should not cloud our judgement on the culling of them to protect game birds
Heaven knows, I am used to getting incensed about the killing of predators on grouse moors and pheasant shoots, especially birds of prey, from hen harriers to golden eagles. I am equally outraged by the use of snares, meant mainly to eliminate foxes but agonisingly fatal to any creature that becomes entangled.
I could never condone such practices, but I can at least understand the statement of a game keeper who claims he was only obeying his master's orders. However, the report of a large scale annual cull on the Abbeystead grouse moor was something new to me.
The targets were not raptors, but lesser black backed gulls.
I am afraid one cant resist reflecting on some basic prejudices. Gulls in general seem to be birds that a percentage of the public find it hard to love, accusing them of all sorts of vandalism from pecking toddlers to stealing packed lunches. Add to this with their habits ... |
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Gov. Dayton sides with Lessard-Sams Council in Legacy dispute
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24.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Politics |
| Governor vetoed part of a bill that would have funded a slate of habitat projects in metro parks. |
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Feds keep Preble's mouse on threatened list
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24.5.2013 |
Denver Post: News: Local |
| Feds keep Preble's mouse on threatened list |
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Gov. Dayton vetoes portion of Legacy bill
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24.5.2013 |
Minnesota Public Radio: Legislature |
Two outdoor projects in the Legacy bill passed by the Legislature have been line-item vetoed by Gov. Mark Dayton: one which provides funding for habitat in the metro area and the other which targets aquatic invasive species. The governor says he responded to citizen pressure to drop funding for the two items. |
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Bill allows Sunday deer hunting with bow and arrow
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24.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Bill allows Sunday deer hunting with bow and arrow |
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Dayton signs Legacy bill; vetoes metro parks, invasive species funds
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24.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Latest |
| Governor's letter to Thissen underscores rift between House Legacy Committee, sportsmen and sportswomen. |
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Conservation agency approved cull of endangered birds, documents show
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24.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Natural England licensed cull of tens of thousands of lesser black-backed gulls on one of England's largest shooting estates
Tens of thousands of endangered birds have been shot, trapped and poisoned on one of England's largest shooting estates with the approval of the government agency responsible for protecting the species, a Guardian investigation has found.
The government has licensed an annual cull of lesser black-backed gulls on the Abbeystead estate on the Bowland Fells in Lancashire for decades, officially to stop water pollution. However, some experts believe the culling was also partly to protect grouse shooting interests.
The regulator Natural England now admits that, since a government-led bird conservation review occurred in 2001, "confusion" over the legal protection status of the species has allowed the culling to continue, despite its population crashing in recent years.
Chris Packham, the BBC Springwatch presenter and naturalist, has described the situation as a ... |
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Government licensed buzzard egg destruction, documents reveal
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23.5.2013 |
Guardian: Environment |
| Eggs and nests of protected raptors destroyed to protect pheasant shoot, according to FoI documents
A government agency has licensed the secret destruction of the eggs and nests of buzzards to protect a pheasant shoot, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
The action sets a historic precedent, being the first time such action has been licensed against any bird of prey to protect game shoots since raptors gained legal protection decades ago. Buzzards are recovering from near extinction and now number 40,000 breeding pairs, while 35m pheasants are bred each year for shoots.
It is also less than a year after the wildlife minister, Richard Benyon, abandoned related plans citing "public concerns". Benyon, whose family estate in Berkshire runs shoots, cancelled plans to spend £375,000 on testing control measures for buzzards around pheasant shoots after a public outcry in May 2012. "I will collaborate with all the organisations that have an interest in this issue ... |
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Mall of America expansion funding has $9 million bridge to cross
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23.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Local |
| MOA allotment is linked to approval of New Cedar Avenue span. |
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Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball
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23.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: Latest |
| Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball |
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Veterinary surgeons remove basketball-sized hairball from tiger in Fla. that stopped eating
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23.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Nation |
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Wildlife officials investigate online video showing man doing a cannonball onto a manatee
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22.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Nation |
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Video of man jumping on manatee investigated
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22.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Top stories |
| Wildlife officials are investigating an online video that shows a man jumping on two manatees. |
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Bees start to buck trend of decline in UK wildlife
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22.5.2013 |
New Scientist: Sex and Cloning |
| Bees start to buck trend of decline in UK wildlife |
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WA license plate fee to help pay for wolf kills
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22.5.2013 |
AP Washington |
| OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Legislation signed Tuesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee adds $10 to the cost of a personalized Washington license plate with the money going to help compensate livestock owners for wolf kills.... |
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WA license plate fee to help pay for wolf kills
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22.5.2013 |
Seattle Times: Local |
| Legislation signed Tuesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee adds $10 to the cost of a personalized Washington license plate with the money going to help compensate livestock owners for wolf kills. |
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DNR plans stepped up watercraft inspections
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22.5.2013 |
Minnesota Public Radio: Science |
The Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the boating season for many Minnesotans. So the Department of Natural Resources is reminding boaters and anglers to be extra vigilant to help stop the spread of aquatic invasive species. |
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Search on for Indo-Canadian man missing in Australia
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22.5.2013 |
New Kerala: World News |
| Sydney, May 22 : A frantic search is on for a 25-year-old Indo-Canadian man who went missing in a national park in Australia. |
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How America became a third world country | Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford for TomDispatch
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21.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| The politicians who tweeted while America burned are dismantling our society piece by piece with budget cuts
The streets are so much darker now since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. The air in city after city hangs brown and heavy (and rates of childhood asthma and other lung diseases have shot up), because funding that would allow the enforcement of clean air standards by the Environmental Protection Agency is a distant memory. Public education has been cut to the bone, making good schools a luxury, and, according to the Department of Education, two of every five students won't graduate from high school.
It's 2023 – this is America a decade years after the federal budget cuts known as sequestration. They went on for a decade, making no exception for effective programs that were ... |
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Sportsmen, outdoors council: Legacy bill sets bad precedent
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21.5.2013 |
Minnesota Public Radio: Legislature |
The Nature Conservancy and nearly two dozen other habitat and sportsmen's groups are asking Gov. Mark Dayton to veto part of the Legacy bill after lawmakers added projects that weren't recommended by the Lessard Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. |
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