10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2020

For starters, the official national animal is the unicorn, a fairy-tale beast chosen by Scottish royalty in the Middle Ages for its reputation as the natural enemy of the lion, the adopted mascot of English kings. A Golden Eagle (1916), another painting by Archibald Thornburn.

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Lions Eagles Hunting Lamb 184

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Tonight’s program is called Lion Warriors and premieres Wednesday, December 8, at 9PM ET/PT. Kilimanjaro in Kenya, lions are attacking Maasai cattle, as they have for hundreds of years. And the proud Maasai warriors have hunted them ruthlessly in return so that now only about 2,000 remain in the country.

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Lions Kenya Cats Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

These vast and rugged lands of savanna, hills, gorges and rivers still protect some of Ethiopia’s largest extant herds of typical African savanna game, including African Elephant, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, African Wild Dog and numerous species of grazers. Yellow-billed Stork.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Cattle 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

They have also been known as Lion Baboons and Bleeding-heart Baboons, due respectively to the males’ lion-like cape and tail, and the bare patch of red skin on both sex’s chests. Competition with domestic livestock has restricted some Gelada bands to poorer foraging on steep slopes.

Ethiopia 167

Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Many refuges in this part of the state, like Malheur refuge, Summer Lake Refuge, and Tule lake Refuge all get the lion’s share of acclaim, and publicity, and deservedly so. It is a high desert, with sagebrush flats, surrounded by Ponderosa Pines, yet we still have large waterways, for waterfowl and shorebirds.

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Sheep Mules Oregon Livestock 140