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    Birds are economically important in many ways, including as sources of food from hunting or farming, as popular pets like songbirds and parrots, and by producing guano used as fertilizer. Certain bird species also contribute greatly to local economies through nature tourism, which generates billions for Texas in state and local taxes as well as economic activity. However, around 120-130 bird species have gone extinct since the 17th century due to human impacts, with hundreds more before then, and currently about 1,200 species are threatened with extinction worldwide.

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    Birds are economically important in many ways, including as sources of food from hunting or farming, as popular pets like songbirds and parrots, and by producing guano used as fertilizer. Certain bird species also contribute greatly to local economies through nature tourism, which generates billions for Texas in state and local taxes as well as economic activity. However, around 120-130 bird species have gone extinct since the 17th century due to human impacts, with hundreds more before then, and currently about 1,200 species are threatened with extinction worldwide.

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    Many Bird Species Are of Economic Importance

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    Birds are economically important in many ways, including as sources of food from hunting or farming, as popular pets like songbirds and parrots, and by producing guano used as fertilizer. Certain bird species also contribute greatly to local economies through nature tourism, which generates billions for Texas in state and local taxes as well as economic activity. However, around 120-130 bird species have gone extinct since the 17th century due to human impacts, with hundreds more before then, and currently about 1,200 species are threatened with extinction worldwide.

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    Many bird species are of economic importance:

    • mostly as sources of food acquired through hunting or farming;

    • some species, particularly songbirds and parrots, are popular as pets.

    • other uses include the harvesting of guano (droppings) for use as a fertilizer.

    • birds figure prominently in all aspects of human culture from religion to poetry to popular music.

    • very popular sources of local economic welfare, especially in the Lower Rio Grande Valley:

    • The Texas State Comptroller‘s Office recently estimated nature tourism to comprise between
    $25.4 billion -- $39.9 billion!

    • Nature tourism generates approximately $1 billion in state taxes, $739 million in local taxes, and
    $1.4 billion of economic activity.

    • Alas, about 120–130 species have become extinct as a result of human activity since the 17th
    century, and hundreds more before then. Currently about 1,200 species of birds worldwide are
    threatened with extinction by human activities, though efforts are underway to protect them.

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