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[Jeff Bilsky]

I understand your point. Yet, I do feel good feeling and education are two
great tools for building conservation awareness and from that perspective my
experience with the ONC Rehab Program rings true.

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:57 PM, John CAVITT <JCAVITT at weber.edu> wrote:

> I hate to be the only dissenter here but...
> We could have a much greater impact on local bird populations if 50K/year
> was donated for conservation efforts rather than rehabilitating individuals.
>
> Rehabilitation efforts are incredibly expensive!  It may make us feel good
> but unless we are dealing with small, threatened populations it has very
> little effect on conserving species.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> JFC
>
> >>> "Jeff Bilsky" <jbilsky at gmail.com> 1/20/2009 11:36 AM >>>
> My understanding is that the Rehab Center wants the opportunity to raise
> that money over a given amount of time that hopefully extends beyond
> Wednesday. "Praise and pleading" leads to more awareness which in turn can
> lead to the pledges you speak of and perhaps the time to gather time. So I
> encourage all who have kind words to speak about this program to continue
> doing so and continue to raise the awareness to convince the board to at
> least extend the possibility of keeping this program around. If you have
> money to give like Jack, that is fantastic but I wouldn't hesitate to
> either
> praise or plead if you are so inclined as your voice may be heard by those
> who have the resources to help.
>
> Thank you,
> Jeff
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:11 AM, <Roostertael at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >  Hi,
> >
> > I would hate to see the rehabilitation service go away as well, but it is
> > for monetary reasons. All the praise and pleading is not going to help.
> What
> > they need is pledges large enough in the total to help with the costs. I
> am
> > willing, how about the rest of you.
> >
> > Jack
> >
> >
> >
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Jeff Bilsky
Salt Lake City
jbilsky at gmail.com
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