Defending Wildlife, No Matter How Small

I’ll admit it: I’m a little biased. When it comes to wildlife conservation, I’m like a lot of people: the big and charismatic mammals captivate me; bears, wolves, whales, bison. They’re the glossy photos on calendars and magazines and we follow their lives in documentaries and news articles. When a species is big and charismatic, we fall in love with it and we work to protect it. Sometimes, it’s the smaller and less noticed (though not less lovable) animals that need our help the most.

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