What do you get when you mix the FIFA World Cup trophy, a stamp company show, and a dog named Pickles? This week's episode! Debbie brings Haley an odd and generally lighthearted story about a trophy that was stolen in 1966. While there was an arrest made, the trophy still couldn't be found. That is, until a dog named Pickles stepped onto the scene in an unconventional way.

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Sources:

https://nationalfootballmuseum.com/items/pickles-the-dogs-medals-1966/https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/pmid/20007171

https://www.kqed.org/science/1938255/how-your-dogs-nose-knows-so-much

https://meetings-archive.aps.org/dfd/2008/mj/6

https://nist.gov/document/forensics-nist-dog-nosepdf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/20/newsid_2861000/2861545.stm

https://nationalfootballmuseum.com/stories/when-football-came-home-the-60th-anniversary-of-1966/

https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/how-we-lost-the-world-cup-in-1966/

https://www.channel4.com/news/world-cup-england-1966-pickles-the-dog-archive-itn

https://www.fifamuseum.com/en/explore/fifamuseumplus/blog/The-World-Cup-is-sto

https://londonist.com/london/history/picklesworldcup

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/england-loses-world-cup

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/the-many-disappearances-of-the-jules-rimet-trophy

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/how-world-cup-trophy-was-stolen-and-recovered-1966

https://historyrevealed.com/period/20th-century/jules-rimet-trophy-football-world-cup-stolen-lost-found-pickles

https://confidentials.com/manchester/manchester-jules-rimet-real-world-cup-national-football-museum

https://www.aol.com/articles/mystery-jules-rimet-trophy-stolen-160259424.html

https://www.thefa.com/news/2016/jul/27/guide-dogs-service-name-puppies-280716

Debbie and Haley are here for a safari! In 1962, the first (of many) expeditions took off to rescue the Arabian Oryx, a species facing extinction due to excessive hunting. What would follow would be one of the remarkable conservation comeback stories we've told so far on the show. The Arabian Oryx still faces real challenges today, making it an important time to bring this conversation to the forefront.

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Sources:

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/species_behind_unicorn_legend_back_from_brink_of_extinction_iucn_says

https://ead.gov.ae/Discover-Our-Biodiversity/Mammals/Arabian-oryx

https://www.phoenixzoo.org/blog/zoo-news/saving-species-arabian-oryx/

https://ead.gov.ae/Discover-Our-Biodiversity/Mammals/Arabian-oryx

https://cob.silverchair.com/jeb/article-pdf/204/13/2301/1238166/2301.pdf

https://iucn.org/sites/default/files/import/downloads/arabian_oryx_factsheet.pdf

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Oryx_leucoryx

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/influence-of-ambient-temperature-on-diurnal-activity-of-arabian-oryx-implications-for-reintroduction-site-selection/8668AE36BF882ABF5726C5D1C0090F67

https://nationalredlist.org/node/35620

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/look-at-threatened-species/24948A019C1F38678154EFA966519092

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605300002015

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/operation-oryx-the-three-stages-of-captive-breeding/B027C7538E00A67745D95B776FD39EDD

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/0DD7CF0141DAA537BB80C0846627D25A/S0030605300001769a.pdf/editorial_notes.pdf

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605300002404

https://www.phoenixzoo.org/blog/zoo-news/saving-species-arabian-oryx/

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605300003136

https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/198204/the.yalooni.transfer.htm

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605300011959

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/654

https://www.britishomani.org/events/bos/forty-five-years-with-the-harasiis-of-the-jiddat-il-harasiis

https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/198204/return.of.the.oryx.htm

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/arabian-oryx-reintroduction-in-oman-successes-and-setbacks/B52D89DD9B8AF520DA9CD5D6A4378C0A

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/operation-oryxthe-success-continues/3BA98C5AD57D646A321D8972FBE73C50

https://whc.unesco.org/en/soc/2316

Debbie brings another bird episode to Haley because we just can't get enough! Today we're learning about Rosalie Edge, a fierce advocate for birds who held the Audubon Society accountable in the 1930s. During a time when the conservation group wasn't holding hunting groups accountable and wasn't standing up for species. Join us as we learn about her prolific work for bird advocacy. One of her most lasting accomplishments is Hawk Mountain, a piece of land she purchased to keep gunners from excessively hunting migrating hawks. To this day, they welcome 60,000 visitors a year and hold the longest-running raptor migration count in the world.

Editor's note: At the end of the episode, I state that Rosalie died ten years after the annual Audubon gala in 1962. She died ten days after the event, on November 30, 1962, at the age of 85.

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Sources:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Broad-winged_Hawk/id

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Broad-winged_Hawk/lifehistory

https://www.hawkmountain.org/visit/events/autumn-hawk-migration

https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/edge__rosalie_barrow

https://www.hawkmountain.org/download/?id=5359&dl=1

https://montanafreepress.org/2024/09/26/how-rosalie-edge-transformed-yellowstone-predator-revolution/

https://www.audubon.org/florida/about-us/history-audubon-florida

https://archives.nypl.org/mss/2099

https://www.boone-crockett.org/bc-member-spotlight-t-gilbert-pearson

https://www.aba.org/birding_archive_files/v37n2p186.pdf

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2019/11/how-rosalie-edge-became-the-firebrand-conscience-of-american-conservation/

https://www.audubon.org/news/getting-over-rosalie

https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/rosalie-edge/

https://www.hawkmountain.org/about/who-we-are

https://rachelcarsoncouncil.org/about-rcc/about-rachel-carson/rachel-carson-and-hawk-mountain/

https://www.hawkmountain.org/conservation-science

Debbie brings Haley another bird episode! We've got fancy hate, old time-y drama, and women who change the world for birds! We're diving into the story of Harriet Hemenway and Minna Hall and the birth of the Audubon Society.

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Sources:

https://www.audubon.org/art/birds-of-america/snowy-heron-or-white-egret

https://www.nps.gov/guis/learn/nature/snowy-egret.htm

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Snowy_Egret/lifehistory

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/overview

https://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/nature/greategret.htm

https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/projects/female-founders-of-the-royal-society-for-the-protection-of-birds

https://fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/1880-1889/

https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Plume_Trade.html

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/hat-tip-women-who-started-modern-bird-conservation-us

https://www.massaudubon.org/about/history

https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/encyclopedia/conservation/george-bird-grinnell/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/migratory-bird-act-anniversary-keeping-feathers-off-hats-180969077/

https://www.lindahall.org/experience/digital-exhibitions/drawn-from-nature/04-the-audubon-societies/

https://www.fws.gov/story/2020-03/harriet-hemenway

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-two-women-ended-the-deadly-feather-trade-23187277/

https://www.bwht.org/explore/home-of-harriet-hemenway/

https://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fa0368

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/migratory-bird-act-anniversary-keeping-feathers-off-hats-180969077/

https://www.fws.gov/story/how-two-people-saved-millions-birds

https://www.audubon.org/about/history

https://archives.nypl.org/mss/2099

Haley has already told us all about Jackie and Shadow (catch up with episode 30 if you haven't already), but there's been a lot happening with our beloved Big Bear Bald Eagles, and Haley has all the tea for us. Heads up, it's not a very cheery update, but there is a whole lot to get caught up on! So buckle up an join us!

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Sources:

https://www.ojairaptorcenter.org/

https://friendsofbigbearvalley.org/

We've got a special guest today, people! Debbie is joined by her lovely and very supportive Max, who listens to the story of the time in history when government employees brought 76 beavers up into a plane and dropped them in parachutes! What started as a project to relocate beavers out of populated areas without killing them turned into a conservation tactic to restore ecosystems back to their intended condition that is only made possible with the presence of beavers.

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Sources:

Heter's scientific record:

https://archive.org/details/Transplanting_Beavers_By_Airplane_And_Parachute_Elmo_W_Heter_1950.pdf

General:

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/beaver

https://www.britannica.com/animal/beaver

https://www.fws.gov/story/beavers-work-improve-habitat

https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Mammals/American-Beaver

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Castor_canadensis/

https://defenders.org/blog/2023/06/original-ecosystem-engineers-beavers

https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.2225

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/beavers-on-parachutes-144129480/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/why-beavers-were-parachuted-into-the-idaho-wilderness

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/dec/18/its-been-75-years-since-idaho-parachuted-beavers-i/

https://methowbeaverproject.org/get-involved/

https://www.beaverinstitute.org/help-us-help-beavers/donate/

https://www.slobeaverbrigade.com/2024/02/01/cdfw-beaver-restoration-program-needs-our-help/

Debbie brings Haley a story about whales that helped bring us whale protection laws we still depend on today. When an album exclusively comprised of whale songs was released in 1970, only a few biologists understood the impact the project could have internationally. Their predictions and hope became a reality as people around the world connected with the unique, relaxing, and sometimes melodic sounds of humpback whales.

The album resonated with enough people to incite change for whaling laws. In 1982, the International Whaling Commission voted to pause commercial whaling of all species and populations, with the ban officially taking effect for the 1985/86 whaling season. That moratorium technically remains in effect today.

Let's connect!

insta: @creaturemeetsculture

creaturemeetsculture@gmail.com

Sources:

How to Get Involved:

Ocean Alliance: https://whale.org/adopt-a-whale/

Happywhale: Take a picture of a whale and upload it. Their system matches it against a database to identify a speicifc whale and track its movements over time! https://happywhale.com/

NOAA's Ocean Alert app (to report whale sightings) https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/help-whales/

Entanglement Hotline: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-life-distress/report-entangled-marine-mammal

Support Responsible Whale Watchers: https://whalesense.org/

General Sources:

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/humpback-whale

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/humpback-songs-archival-save-the-whales-ceti-roger-payne

https://mauinow.com/2021/02/08/a-whale-of-a-tale-roger-paynes-album-of-humpback-songs-still-resonates-50-years-later/

https://www.npr.org/2015/08/06/427851306/it-took-a-musicians-ear-to-decode-the-complex-song-in-whale-calls

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1988.tb00718.x

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.173.3997.585

https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/Songs-of-the-Humpback-Whale.pdf

https://whale.org/history-and-legacy/dr-payne/

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/60218/roger-payne-whale-songs-listening-remembering/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-is-on-voyagers-golden-record-73063839/

https://iwc.int/management-and-conservation/whaling/commercial

https://iere.org/which-countries-hunt-whales/

https://uk.whales.org/2026/06/22/fin-whaling-in-iceland-resumes/