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Birding Shanghai in June 2024

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This Large-billed Crow seems to be chewing on some “unknown mystery bone” (The Burning Hell, “Amateur Rappers” ) – maybe a rabbit? That is even though the species was designated as a second-level national key protected species in 2021, meaning that keeping it at home is no longer permitted in China ( source ).

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Adonis Blue

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The collapse of the UK rabbit population during the myxomatosis outbreak in the 1950’s allowed the previously well-cropped vetches to grow long and lush, lowering the ground temperature and the butterflies were wiped out from much of southern England within two years.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. Symptoms in domestic animals vary: dogs tend to show nervous system signs such as convulsions and uncontrollable running, whilst large herbivores such as cattle and sheep more predominantly show cardiac signs.