Africa Endangered Species Raised 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 4, 2013
In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia, across the Balkans and Turkey, to the very borders of the Old World: East Anglia and Spain, southern Africa and, in the instance of this epic report, India. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. The critically endangered Forest Owlet © Nitin Bhardwaj.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2012
With this quote I have the pleasure of introducing my home province (state) for this month’s 10,000 Bird’s Africa Beat. mi (almost exactly the same size as Indiana), it is one of the smaller provinces of South Africa, but is the second most densely populated with over 10 million inhabitants. At 36,433 sq.
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Critter News
DECEMBER 23, 2008
In some cases, notably in Africa, biodiversity is threatened by military conflict, or by well-armed gangs of poachers. In response to both kinds of scenarios, some have begun to raise the possibility of an "eco-intervention," analogous to humanitarian interventions. Already, some conservation campaigns have taken on martial aspects.
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 14, 2011
Although this is Busch Gardens’ first cub-and-puppy combo, it is not uncommon in the zoological community for a single cheetah to be raised with a canine companion. Male cheetahs are social and often live together in coalitions,” said Tim Smith, one of Busch Gardens’ animal curators. Only approximately 12,400 cheetahs remain in the wild.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
When zoo keepers saw that the baby was not eating and having trouble gaining weight, they made the decision to hand-raise him. Cheetahs are included on both the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list of vulnerable species as well as on the US Endangered Species Act list of threatened species.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
If they can spare a glance upward, the busy grape-pickers might also be treated to another portent of the changing seasons in the Iberian skies overhead: the sight of flocks of White Storks ( Ciconia ciconia ) heading south from their summer breeding grounds in Europe to Africa, where they spend the winter on the warm savannas.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2015
I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! During each trip we would discuss a destination for the following year.
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