Amazing numbers: can't imagine what Britain's numbers are like:-)
May be just useful too to fight the "gun lobby"!
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BIRDWATCHERS: THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines 1 in 5 Americans are
birdwatchers
Look to your left. Look to your right. Now prepare yourself, because
there's a solid chance that one of those people is—gasp—a birdwatcher!
According to a study conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
1 in 5 Americans participates in birdwatching. That's 20 percent of
the population, or about 48 million people.
Which is shocking, because I've never met even one birdwatcher in my
life. By here they exist, a silent but powerful lobby with the cash to
push their avian agenda into the mainstream: The USFWS reports that
birdwatchers contribute over $36 billion (billion!) to the U.S.
economy. They're not going anywhere, either—the birdwatching
percentage of the population has remained steady over the last ten
years, despite the introduction of multiple alternatives to
birdwatching.
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