Educating Indian Villagers; Protecting Falcons

in Animal News

A hunting community in India killed approximately 150,000 federally protected Amur falcons in the fall of 2012. But, following a successful year-long campaign by state officials and nonprofit organizations to educate villagers about protecting these birds, the number killed this season dropped to zero.

Link: International New York Times

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