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Big Year Birding Update

10,000 Birds

Anthony also has a brand new blog ! At 56 mammals and 381 birds it seems that they will easily reach the original goal but the more ambitious idea of reaching 500 might be tough.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

All the way through – and a brand-new volunteer had to pull it out! Most of mine are small mammals,” said Denise Hunter. Healed nicely, with only a small scar to show after the bruising and swelling went down. And the eagle was released a few months later!”. “ Right now I have a nice hickey on my arm from a Canada Goose.

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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again (but maybe for the last time)

10,000 Birds

This resource participation, as the ornithologists call it, allows for relatively peaceful coexistence as long as both brands of confectionary are available. As we all know, among the animal classes, mammals are the ones responsible for the largest number of wars. All caused by mammals. Mammals – Worst. World War 1?

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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A mozzie bites me, so I take the “Expedition Plus Insect Repellent” from my rucksack (when I think about it now, any local brand would probably be equally efficient, but they lack the word “expedition” which immediately turns you into a proper explorer) and start spraying my hands and neck. Cover photo: Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

For example, Carl Cohen, who has argued at length that animals don’t have rights, admits: If animals feel pain (and certainly mammals do,), we humans surely ought cause no pain to them that cannot be justified. Nor ought we kill them without reason. Cohen, The Animal Rights Debate , p.

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Annual Animal Care Gala in NYC

4 The Love Of Animals

This year’s fundraiser event is being coordinated via Choice Productions along with organic catering. To learn more about ongoing Animal Care adoption campaigns please visit www.nycacc.org.

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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition: A Field Guide Review

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Looks exactly the same at first until you notice brand-new images of the kite in flight. Gull accounts are particularly long, detailing the birds’ diverse age plumages. I’ve compared specific species accounts, and though many are the same, there are many more that feature updated illustrations and tweaked text.