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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

They have been pretty frustrated with China, who really doesn't give a rip about tigers.unless they can raise them on farms for "medicinal" harvest and other capitalist pursuits. Anyway, India is appealing to its other neighbors which would include Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

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JANUARY 22, 2015

There’s a Three-striped Palm Squirrel by the side of the track, while Jungle Bush Quails are running across it in front of our Maruti Gypsy, almost the official safari vehicle of India. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory.

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APRIL 27, 2023

According to the McMurray hatchery , the “Silver Pheasant is considered a good ‘starter’ breed for people who want to learn more about raising pheasants” Hm. But then, would a lady pheasant be pleased to be described as “large”? What a weird world. Better watch them in the wild.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

He was from the area but had apparently been traveling to India to see the Dalai Lama. Or the Black-rumped being a Sagittarius while the Oriental is a Pisces? On the way from the monastery to our next destination, we picked up a monk hitchhiking back to his monastery.

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AUGUST 20, 2015

And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? I live in the southeast of Europe, for a while lived in the south of Africa and also have extensively birded western and central India. India (1180 / 1171). Map by BirdLife International. The Oriental realm. Indonesia (1615 / 1603).

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Sri Lanka Botswana Africa Serbia 257

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NOVEMBER 28, 2013

we’re already in an open 4×4 heading for the salt pans of the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, India. Continuing by the yellow sandstone Hindu temple under construction, than by the large heaps of salt (two thirds of all the salt used in India comes from here) and finally entering the Kutch Biosphere Reserve. Trips desert India'

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 11, 2012

This month they are trying to raise awareness and funds to help end the suffering of animals in Dharamsala, India – please visit them on Facebook to help them reach their goal. Dharamsala Animal Rescue helps the thousands of homeless street dogs that roam the streets of Dharamsala. Many of the dogs are sick, injured, or starving.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

I observed my first GS eagles in India some 8 years ago, then the first for Europe in Greece only last December , and finally I have them in my home country list. But through binoculars I noticed small raised crests and supercilia joining on hindneck – Woodlarks !

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos. It is one of the largest flying birds in the world and seems to be capable of social learning ( source ).

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APRIL 3, 2023

That paper raises an interesting question: “When less attractive people accept less attractive dates, do they persuade themselves that the people they choose to date are more physically attractive than others perceive them to be? In truth, it is present in many parts of China (not mentioned) but not really in Tibet.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Today is the United Nations World Wildlife Day, a time to celebrate and raise awareness of the living world around us. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us. Humbly, we approach on foot. The other two are motionless.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2012

It is an adherent to fresh water lakes, canals and swamps from India through East Asia, Indonesia and New Guinea. The classic bittern habit of freezing when alarmed with its bill raised can be seen in this species, though it allows very close approach or flushes if you get too close without seeing it.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

Passing another horse cart loaded with plastic barrels of drinkable water… Well trotted dirt road winds through the open savanna with low thorny acacias and dry, flattened grass in the district of Kutch, Gujarat (India). Chiku raises a fist and smiles victoriously. The road now follows the dyke with a Crested Lark on it.

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JUNE 9, 2022

In a press statement released by the species, it says “We are proud to raise our own chicks and condemn the practice of some of our relatives to dupe other birds into becoming foster parents” During the lockdown here in my Shanghai apartment complex, the TV advertisements in the elevators were not changed for almost 3 months.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. Gelada communications include intense staring with raised eyebrows. As mentioned earlier, Geladas spend their nights on inaccessible cliffs, where they sleep on ledges.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

and a middle-aged man who lives in New Orleans and lost everything in Hurricane Katrina, and who works/worked for Shell Oil, and an entrepreneur in India who started a low-cost airline for the people of his country (and we see none other than a Shell Oil truck delivering its fuel). A young woman in Nigeria (can you say Shell Oil?)

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 19, 2006

We are an animal welfare group working for animals in India— www.hopeandanimal.org we have tie up with a US based company for fund raising—If you buy pet products from www.petmedusa.net 10% of sale proceeds are donated to our organisation—Pls Bid and buy the product. with regards, Praveen Ohal

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Mosethla Bush Camp guide awaits us by the open Land Rover and with a loaded rifle in front of the steering wheel, we continue into the bush (oddly, while observing lions and tigers in India, not a single rifle was in sight). They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. Sniffing us. A flock of Red-billed Oxpeckers is flying above.

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JANUARY 2, 2015

“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. Birds Black Kites India Bird Rescue India raptors Mohammad Saud Nadeem Shehzad wildlife rehabilitators Wildlife Rescue'

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JUNE 27, 2013

Passing another horse cart loaded with plastic barrels of drinkable water… Well trotted dirt road winds through the open savanna with low thorny acacias and dry, flattened grass in the district of Kutch, Gujarat (India). Chiku raises a fist and smiles victoriously. Trips India' The Arabian Sea.

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MARCH 13, 2012

The bulk of the population (approximately 80%) belong to the Zulu tribe, but significant numbers of Xhosa and Afrikaans, as well as immigrants from India and Britain call this beautiful patch of land on Africa’s eastern seaboard their home. In 1964, Clancey’s “Birds of Natal and Zululand” raised the total to 590. At 36,433 sq.

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MARCH 3, 2020

That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! Diversity of habitat means, of course, great biodiversity, and the Introduction boasts that Bolivia “is the richest landlocked nation on Earth for bird diversity, the sixth richest overall, and the fifth richest in the Americas” (p.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

So, for example, the section on the flight patterns of Swainson’s Hawk is illustrated with a drawing of four Swainson’s Hawks flying head-on: wings raised in a dihedral, gliding with wings slightly arched, gliding with wings strongly arched. No computers, just “a bottle of India Ink, a crow-quill pen nib in a handle, and a watercolor brush.”

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North America Bald Eagle Birds Eagles 239

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

” While this species is not explicitly associated with infanticide, the fact that the bird lays 1-3 eggs but only ever raises one chick also implies that the species should also be closely watched by child protection agencies. for decorating the headgear and house interiors by the local tribals, at least in parts of India ( source ).

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 134

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Nowhere is this more apparent than in the ever-evolving style of India pale ale, which at this point need not be pale nor have anything to do with India – to such an extent that it’s now more convenient to refer to it in abbreviated form as “IPA”, which dispenses with the now pointless semantics of its original name.

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JULY 11, 2013

Mosetlha Bush Camp guide awaits us by the open Land Rover and with a loaded rifle in front of the steering wheel, we continue into the bush (oddly, while observing lions and tigers in India, not a single rifle was in sight). They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. Sniffing us. A flock of Red-billed Oxpeckers is flying above.

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DECEMBER 7, 2019

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” They ranged across 10 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, India, Australia, China, Brazil, Mexico, Serbia and Uganda). Something needed to be done. Somebody had to take one for the team. Alphabetic Taxonomic.

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