The Wildlife News

January 20, 2008

  • Example how headline does not match story

    Ralph Maughan

    The Christian Science Monitor is a major newspaper, but the disjunct between the headline and the text on an article about predatory control issues is classic. This kind of contradiction between headline and text is one reason I often rewrite the headline on linked story. “With predator populations rising, more calls for control. Western states…

  • Listing polar bears under the Endangered Species Act won't do much good, but we should do it anyway

    Ralph Maughan

    This is from Slate Magazine. Listing polar bears under the Endangered Species Act won’t do much good, but we should do it anyway. By Holly Doremus Update (more). Here is more on the Administration’s footdragging on listing the polar bear. The Latest Environmental Victims: The Polar Bear and the Sage Grouse. The Board, a blog…

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Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

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