Trump’s Budget Would Clip Bird Banding, and Hunters Are Not Happy

The Bird Banding Laboratory has turned duck hunters into citizen scientists. What happens if it is defunded?

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Foie Gras That Skips the Force-Feeding Is Developed by Physicists

While not sparing the lives of ducks and geese, the technique lets the birds eat and grow normally.

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Bird Flu Suspected in Deaths of Ducks and Wild Birds at N.Y.C. Zoos

Three ducks died of the disease at the Queens Zoo, while three more ducks and nine wild birds that died at the Bronx Zoo were being tested for the virus, according to the parks’ operator.

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A Trump. A Dead Duck. And an Uproar in Italy.

A video shows Donald Trump Jr. sitting in hunting gear beside a dead protected bird. Italian lawmakers want answers.

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100,000 Ducks to Be Killed After Bird Flu Strikes Long Island Farm

The highly infectious H5N1 strain has caused outbreaks across the country. Now, Long Island’s last duck farm must kill its entire flock and may go out of business, its owner said.

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