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Leaping Foxes

10,000 Birds

The specificities of languages … Anyway, so Germany this year is essentially filled with mice, like the one shown here, which – so far as I know – is a vole where you come from. The Common Buzzards , for example, who usually hunt by circling high above the landscape, will hover in kestrel fashion much more frequently.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

New Zealand has been the recipient of a higher than average number of introduced species, in particular a range of mammals from elk to mice. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years.

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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

10,000 Birds

Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. We use toxins, pesticides, and herbicides in many ways, from dusting our pansies to increasing the yield of thousands of acres of crops.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

Regarding deer: The harm caused by overcrowding of deer herds on limited available lands, to both the deer and humans, is well documented in the scientific literature, which also documents the fact that controlled hunting is not only the most cost effective way to deal with the problem, but the only really effective way as well.

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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

4 The Love Of Animals

By Dr. Tim Hunt, DVM. I got my first pets, mice and guinea pigs, when I was 8. About Dr. Tim: Dr. Tim Hunt is a licensed veterinarian in both Michigan and Alaska. Choosing the right pet for your child is key. Children can learn so many valuable lessons by caring for a pet.

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Mega Rarity Tour of New Zealand – Extinction Special

10,000 Birds

Here we should see the flightless Lyall’s Wren , once called Stephen’s Island Wrens (after the island they were first described from), as they scurry around the forest floor like mice! Also on the ground you’ll see your first Finsch’s Duck. It certainly has no known relatives.

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A New Year Begins! But First–A Celebration of My 2018 Top Ten Birds

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John James Audubon first heard the sparrow in July, 1944, on a buffalo hunt in North Dakota. Baird’s Sparrows are true prairie birds, and their population is declining as their grassland habitat is cultivated for agriculture. It has always been a difficult bird to find, even when abundant. ” [[link].

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