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<div><o:p></o:p>Dear NH-Coll Community,<o:p></o:p>
<p>The Ornithological Council is still in need of your
support. You are probably thinking...doesn't this woman
know that we don't all study birds? Well, yes, of course I
do know that, though I've never quite understood it <span
class="moz-smiley-s3"><span>;-)</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>However, much of the work that we do, particularly as to
the CBP import headache, permits (ESA, CITES) and the
associated paperwork and processes, and other restrictions
on research benefits all of you. This is particularly true
of the heavy lifting we continue to do on the CBP
situation, to assure that your imports are trouble-free.
It is a huge, labyrinth, complicated beast and to the best
of my knowledge, OC is the only organization that has been
working tirelessly (and sometimes very tiredly) with CBP
to devise a permanent solution. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We also do an enormous amount of work pertaining to the
animal welfare requirements. For all of you, that entails
restrictions on euthanasia methods. In this past year, we
finally succeeded in getting the APHIS Animal Care program
to revise its guidance to recognize that the AVMA
euthanasia guidelines are only one basis for determining
if a method is humane. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>We work on many other issues that are of concern to all
biologists, including, for instance, implementation of the
Nagoya protocol, CITES regulations and listings, and more.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Begging is
unseemly but we really do need to ask everyone who
benefits from our work to help support that work. Please
help us to help you.* We have a paypal link on <a
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href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__naturalhistory.si.edu_BIRDNET_&d=CwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=DoHZ4uZ_ByjOz0gEVd4zBFNNpC0GQ9ZDlQH5yD00rv8&m=mRVOL7KysgRhort2KEBEE6lG7INpU-HwqjeaiHE99jY&s=oO68Y4NUp_8iHBZXvJPEkMvqZkNEXsLBs9QXYpLav-c&e=">BIRDNET<span
style="color:black"> or you could send a check to the
Ornithological Council, 6512 E. Halbert Rd., Bethesda,
MD 20817.</span></a><br>
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Many thanks.<br>
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Ellen<br>
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*I know that some feel that as our efforts pertain to the
work you do in your jobs, your institutions should provide
support. If you are able to persuade your institutions to
contribute, that would be terrific. Meanwhile, however, OC
was originally set up to be supported by its member
societies and by individual ornithologists. At least for
now, it is not feasible to change that structure. If your
institutions would like to provide some support to the OC,
we would accept that support with immense gratitude.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ellen Paul<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.nmnh.si.edu_BIRDNET&d=CwMDaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=DoHZ4uZ_ByjOz0gEVd4zBFNNpC0GQ9ZDlQH5yD00rv8&m=mRVOL7KysgRhort2KEBEE6lG7INpU-HwqjeaiHE99jY&s=D6XBtqO699qaV1w61xCoqlnqqU84vfOrRgYzEnaJTUU&e=">Ornithological
Council</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone (301) 986 8568<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Providing Scientific Information
about Birds<o:p></o:p></p>
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