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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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Fortunately, Tianmashan is probably too hilly to ever be turned into a Tesla factory or a technology park. The White’s Thrush will keep pretending to be a reptile. The once-legendary Magic Parking Lot at Nanhui has lost a lot of its magic but still has the occasional skulker, such as this Manchurian Bush Warbler.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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The animal rights movement is (rightly) closely associated with protesting things like factory farming, dogfighting, etc…basically, the mistreatment of animals. Unfortunately, once we discuss anything beyond this basic point, people vastly disagree on what is right and wrong. This makes perfect sense.