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WORLD STATUS
ACCORDING TO THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE THE STATUS OF BALD EAGLES NATIONWIDE IN 1963 POPULATION WAS 471 PAIRS IN 2000 POPULATION WAS 6471 PAIRS
THE POPULATION NUMBERS OF BALD EAGLES ARE NOT AS HIGH AS THEY WERE IN COLONIAL TIMES BUT HAVE INCREASED SINCE 1963 DUE TO NATIONAL BAN ON THE USE OF POISON DDT AND THEIR PROTECTED STATUS ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST WHICH PROTECTED THEM AND THEIR HABITATS
CURRENTLY THERE MAY BE 80,000 - 100,000 BALD EAGLES THROUGHOUT THEIR ENTIRE RANGE
LARGE POPULATIONS ARE IN .. FLORIDA MINNESOTA WASHINGTON MONTANA AND THE LARGEST IS IN ALASKA
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PROBLEMS
THE INSECTICIDE DDT HAS BEEN BANNED NATIONWIDE IN THE USA SINCE 1972 IT IS STILL IN USE IN .. MEXICO CENTRAL AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA WHERE BALD EAGLES FLY IN THE WINTER !
BALD EAGLES NEST HIGH UP IN VERY VERY TALL TREES BALD EAGLES NEED FOREST LAND AND AREAS THAT ARE UNDISTURBED BY HUMANS PEOPLE DEVELOP TOO MUCH LAND
WHEN BALD EAGLES ARE NESTING THEY ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO DISTURBANCES CAUSED BY HUMANS BALD EAGLES ARE SHY BIRDS THAT NEED PRIVACY AWAY FROM HUMANS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES HUMANS CAN MAKE THEM SO SCARED THAT THEY COULD LEAVE THEIR NESTS WITH BABIES INSIDE
RIVER ESTUARIES ARE HABITAT OF BALD EAGLES SOME HAVE BEEN DRAINED FOR HUMANS TO USE LAND FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRIAL WASTES ARE DUMPED INTO WATERWAYS MERCURY PCB'S (POLYCHLORINATED BYPHENYLS) LEAD THESE CHEMICALS BUILD UP IN THE BODIES OF FISH BALD EAGLES EAT FISH SOMETIMES THE CHEMICALS DO NOT KILL THE ADULT BALD EAGLES BUT INTERFERE WITH THEIR ABILITY TO REPRODUCE AND HAVE BABIES
THERE IS A HUGE LACK OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BALD EAGLES
DAMS BUILT TO CONTROL AND DIRECT RIVER OR LAKE WATER FLOW TO ACCOMMODATE HUMAN ACTIVITIES PREVENT FISH FROM RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE RIVERS
HUMANS HAVE AN INSATIABLE DESIRE TO LIVE AT THE EDGE OF BODIES OF WATER .. TO POSSESS THE LAND AND THE VIEW .. HUMANS DO NOT NEED TO LIVE RIGHT AT THE WATER'S EDGE .. BUT BALD EAGLES DO NEED TO LIVE AT THE WATER'S EDGE ! ! ! ! !
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SOLUTIONS
we have to ban the use of DDT worldwide ! ! ! humans need to write to government officials and the president of their countries to demand that DDT be banned all over the world Office of the President of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500
we have to preserve and restore forest lands for wild animals to use and NOT for human use
NO MORE DUMPING CHEMICALS OF ANY KIND INTO WATERWAYS
children and parents need to demand curriculum in schools be designed around animals !
waterway dams need to be taken away
if THEY ARE NOT ... then they need to be modified to allow fish to travel freely back and forth
humans need to re-think living at the water's edge animals NEED the land .. humans can live anywhere
we have to learn to respect all animals including bald eagles !
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LANGUAGE - LITERATURE
IN THE CULTURES OF NATIVE AMERICANS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OF NORTH AMERICA THE BALD EAGLE WAS A SYMBOL OF WISDOM POWER AUTHORITY
the bald eagle first appeared on an American coin in Massachusetts in 1776
AMERICA'S FOUNDERS WANTED NATIONAL SYMBOL TO POSSESS BEAUTY POWER GRACE .. SO THEY CHOSE .. THE BALD EAGLE officially declared national symbol in 1782
BALD EAGLE on the GREAT SEAL of the United States
the bald eagle is the symbol on the national coat of arms of the United States
eagle-eyed is a term which means having terrific vision
the bald eagle is a symbol of freedom and power
the bald eagle appears on every US dollar bill
THE BALD EAGLE APPEARS ON ALL SORTS OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS and other countries around the world as well too !
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THE EAGLE he clasps the crag with crooked hands close to the sun in lonely lands ringed with the azure world he stands the wrinkled sea beneath him crawls he watches from his mountain walls and like a thunderbolt .. he falls
Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809 - 1892
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ANIMALS NEED ALL THE PROTECTION WE CAN GIVE THEM. WE INTEND TO TRAIN A GROWING NUMBER OF LAW STUDENTS IN THIS AREA OF LAW IN THE HOPE THAT THEY WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD A NATIONAL EFFORT TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO BRUTALIZE AND EXPLOIT THESE HELPLESS CREATURES.
BOB BARKER
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TEACHING A CHILD NOT TO STEP ON A CATERPILLAR IS AS VALUABLE TO THE CHILD AS IT IS TO THE CATERPILLAR Bradley Miller
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THE LOVE FOR ALL LIVING CREATURES IS THE MOST NOBLE ATTRIBUTE OF HUMAN Charles Darwin
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- REJOICE THAT WE ARE PART OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM - RESPECT ALL LIFE - OPEN OUR MINDS AND LEARN FROM ANIMALS - TEACH CHILDREN TO LOVE AND RESPECT NATURE - REFRAIN FROM HARMING LIFE - HAVE COURAGE OF CONVICTION - PRAISE AND HELP THOSE WHO WORK WITH ANIMALS - LIVE WITH HOPE
Jane Goodall
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THE GOOD PERSON IS A FRIEND TO ALL LIVING THINGS Albert Schweitzer
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" How many are your works, LORD ! " Psalm 104:24
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