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Invasive species in Australia

10,000 Birds

European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. Feral cats have been able to adapt very well in Australia and have grown larger over the years and can survive in areas that you would not expect. Feral cat predation on Pied Oystercatcher eggs.

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Birding Tan Phu Forest, Vietnam (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

Tan Phu Forest is about 2 hours North of Ho Chi Minh City, and the location of a few bird blinds set up by a Vietnamese who used to be a park ranger at Cat Tien National Park and probably learned about the economic potential of attracting foreign birders. ” And why not. This study included a number of nests of the Puff-throated Babbler.

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Are We Much Better than Michael Vick?

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In university labs nationwide, scientists inflict spinal-cord injuries on dogs and cats, inject rats with carcinogens, test dangerous drugs on monkeys, and do all kinds of evil things to guinea pigs in the name of scientific research. Hunters shoot down animals in cold blood for mere sport.

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

Yet he spends time describing the miserable deaths of day-old male chicks and understands what happens in dairy production, and I assume he doesn't partake of anyone's eggs or milk. He always refers to himself and his wife and his child as "vegetarian." But why does he say "vegetarian?" The plate might have to be five feet across" (50).