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Nothing but an reminder, to get active when you walk in nature and find trash, that people left. I have a bag with me where ever I go and made it a habit to pick up what I can get to. Shaking your head and complain loudly will not bring back those who dropped the trash and have them take it away. In the meantime animals can get hurt by bottles, cans, wires, plastic stuff and what ever people throw away.
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This Anhinga 
will starve to death - unless he’s caught with a net and the fishing lines around his bill are removed. His attempts to get rid of them had been unsuccessful so far - maybe there’s a hook in there as well. Hence - go and Pick it up! Thanks for reading! And if you want to join and pledge, to take part in taking care of the nature that was loaned to you - sign up! And comment! P.S.: I know that you will have trouble to remove say - an old bike, an old barrel etc. Aside from maybe notifying park authorities - or whoever might be in charge - I’m talking about the things we can do, but more often than not - don’t. The bottle here, the can there, the plastic wrapper and so on. No biggie for us. But a biggie for nature! If you would like the "Pick it up" Badge on your site - you can download a zipfile below, containing the code, image and instruction. 
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crusade, out to shame those who are thoughtless - it is about the actions each individual can take.
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8 Nods for Pick it up !
June 21st, 2008 at 3:43 am
this picture is very, very sad, i am sorry to say. Sadder are the
people who have no decency, sense of responsibility or common sense… i truly am sickened by some of the images, but appreciate your posts of these nontheless…
June 25th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Your advice is very good and necessary! Thanks for reminding us of the necessity to throw garbage in a bin.
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June 27th, 2008 at 2:20 am
Thanks for your visit and I hope that many people visit yours and follow your request to pick rubbish up!
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June 28th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Great post!
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July 10th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Sounds like something all birders should be doing and I’ll make sure to pass the word on!!
July 17th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
It breaks my heart to see the bird with a fishing line around his bill. Very sad indeed but I am very grateful to you showing pictures on your blog.
I am fighting a loosing battle with trash along our shoreline of Lake Ontario, Canada. Year after year picking up trash other people leave behind is very tiresome.
Please visit my blog and read earlier entries.
Thank you,
Gisela
guild-rezs last blog post..SKY WATCH FRIDAY
August 9th, 2008 at 6:49 pm
It makes me mad to see carbage in the wood, I found some over 60 km in the forest. It is so easy to bring it back and disposed of it properly.
Visit André Lemays last blog post..THE BIRD AND THE BEE - L’OISEAU ET L’ABEILLE on http://www.andrelemay.blogspot.com
August 12th, 2008 at 10:45 am
The pictures of the animals endangered by this trash brings the point home. It never ceases to amaze me how many people want to enjoy the beauty then trash it for the next person to come along so they can’t.
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