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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

4 The Love Of Animals

Miracle Babies: Baby Pandas. The giant panda is one of the world’s most iconic species, but its population numbers are critically low. It is extremely difficult for female pandas to reproduce in captivity, but the city of Chengdu in central China has become the worldwide epicenter for panda reproduction.

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The Changing Fortunes of Europe’s Vultures – Part 2

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They, too, will drive Griffons into the sea and kill them. We save pandas and tigers, as we should, but we don’t give as much thought to the creepy crawlies and other less-attractive creatures that also need our help. These are subjective and pervasive attitudes that seem to drive a great deal of nature conservation.

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Laughing at you, not with you

10,000 Birds

The shame would kill them. Better lose some lady friends than a mediocre joke). By penalty of death, no birder should ever be allowed to tell Plain Laughingthrushes (Qinghai and Sichuan) their English species name.

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