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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

It is used as an extra level of safety for the eye and allows the creature that has it to still see while affording its eyes an additional amount of protection. Some birds, reptiles, and sharks have nictitating membranes as well as a few mammals. The protection aspect is probably more handy for birds that search for food underwater.

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Sharks Mammals Reptiles Florida 207

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

From that year onward my work became dedicated to the protection of the area, as well as promotion of local ecotourism possibilities. Also, there are more than 44 species of mammals: Otter , Wildcat , Grey Wolf , Beech Martens , Wild Boar , and Golden Jackal. Overwintering raptors include Greater Spotted , Golden , and Imperial Eagles.

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Greece Wildlife Boars Otters 264

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

He leaves enchanted by two mammals, the Emperor Penguin and the Weddell Seal, the only mammals who totally live their whole lives, year-round, in the Antarctic. “The bathymetry of the Ross Sea,” © 2023 by Gerald L. Little film clipboards in the text indicate the availability of these video clips. And it really is annotated!

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Penguins Seals Leopards Mammals 161

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

When a mosquito bites an infected bird and then bites a human or mammal, it can transmit the virus. It can affect humans, birds, horses, dogs, cats, and other mammals. Now that you are aware of the diseases that can be caused by mosquitoes, you may be wondering how to prevent these illnesses and protect your pets.

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Protection Pets Horses Cats 100

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JUNE 29, 2023

The Pantanal “is a bit like the savannas of Africa: an open area with large mammals, crocodiles, and large ratites. On the other hand, this is good news, because if a lot of money comes in, then the Brazilian government will be motivated to protect the area.” The safari 4×4s and lodges complete the picture.

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Papua New Guinea Guinea Suriname Brazil 254

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JULY 29, 2021

mi at its widest point, consisting of seasonally inundated riparian forests, industrial poplar plantations, river arms and ponds with 60 mammal ( Eurasian Otter , Roe Deer , Wildcat , Golden Jackal , etc.) In June 2021, the Mayor of Belgrade announced that Beljarica will finally become officially protected.

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Farming Fish Birds Boars 264

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

The mongabay.com portal has compared data on a unit of area basis of the percentage of the total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fish and vascular plants. And small country often equals short distances and easy traveling. The best seasons are November and March-April.

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Gambia Equatorial Guinea Species Rwanda 242

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APRIL 16, 2015

The Reva is not protected. In May I plan to discuss the possibilities of the legal protection with the city officials and your comments and views may strengthen that case. In May I plan to discuss the possibilities of the legal protection with the city officials and your comments and views may strengthen that case.

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Otters Serbia Fish Mammals 180

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Every person has a responsibility to be part of the solution by doing something to protect and encourage the re-establishment of biodiversity. Growing local plants and thus local insects encourages other organisms from higher in the food web, like birds, frogs and mammals to arrive and survive.

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North America Wildlife Mammals Breeding 264

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JULY 11, 2012

Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. 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 a very serious business here in New Zealand.

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Animal Rights Rights Animal New Zealand 266

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MAY 23, 2021

Maggie Ciarcia, a solo wildlife rehabilitator in Carmel, NY specializing in small mammals and game birds, received a notice from New York State Electric and Gas that tree trimming was scheduled for her neighborhood and someone would contact her. But back to power companies. Fish & Wildlife Service. 5) Display attitude.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Laws Game 264

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The associated bird species seek out drongos, apparently relying upon them heavily for protection. In the unloved “Other” section of today’s post, we have a few more mammals. Drongos feed more effectively when in such flocks, so the benefits go both ways.

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Sri Lanka Taiwan Birds Cats 221

Critter News

JULY 31, 2009

The goal is to decrease the harm that sonar does to marine mammals. Meanwhile, the Navy is also asking NMFS to allow incidental harm and fatalities to marine mammals from training exercises in a 122,400-square-mile section of the Pacific Ocean off the Northwest coast. From the Seattle P-I (yep, the online newspaper!).

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Marine Life Seattle Whaling Whales 100

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MAY 23, 2014

While snakes protect their eggs, and may protect their young for a short period of time after they hatch, baby snakes are very soon on their own. Even wild mammals – fawns, squirrels, bunnies, etc. Although it might look like they could have a pair or two lurking beneath all those chest feathers, they actually don’t.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Eggs Squirrels 255

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Presumably, the species also not only eats fruit but also mammals and possibly birds –the HBW specifically mentions the species catching bats emerging from caves at dusk, and feeding them to juveniles. Another advantage to ballistic food transport is that the fruit seeds are protected from damage when they are swallowed whole.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 129

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APRIL 15, 2020

But this man turned out to have worked with the government habitat protection agency, which is why he stopped when he saw me birding. As did the following mammal, which should be named, if there is any justice, the Adorable Brown-eyed Bunny. While birding along the highway, a younger man on a motorcycle stopped to talk with me.

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Mexico South America United States Mammals 175

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species. The commonest large mammals of the park are smallish, spotted forest deer – Chitals, and we often encounter small herds.

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Lions India Mammals Boars 232

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Encompassing over 30,000 acres, the refuge protects birds of course, but also butterflies, mammals, and more. The waterfowl flock was made up of two very unique looking species: the Fulvous and Black-belled Whistling Ducks. Not only had I never seen the two together, I had never seen Fulvous Whistling Ducks at all!

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Ducks Wildlife Texas Bald Eagle 119

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AUGUST 3, 2013

It is built to reach out into the water when the dam is full and is reached along a raised walkway, screened from the mammals, reptiles and birds that may be roosting, resting, feeding, drinking or waiting in ambush close by. Mammals visit the dam as well as the birds. All this was seen before I even stepped into the hide.

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South Africa Reptiles Mammals Giraffes 173

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MARCH 14, 2022

This is a cruise like no other, full of scientific lectures, over forty guides spread out on deck, bird-themed parties, and a lights-off mandate to protect birds at night. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013. It is an extremely popular fundraising project with an almost cult-like following.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Recently, 29 fish species of fish were recorded in this area, together with 8 amphibians, 9 reptiles and 62 species of mammals (including 20 species of bats), together with Wild Boar , Roe Deer , Wildcat , Golden Jackal , Eurasian Otter , European Pine and Beech Martens , Steppe Polecat , Stoat and the Least Weasel.

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Serbia Eagles Protection Boars 173

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

He is also a sculptor and a naturalist and has combined his observations with his art in past titles, notably House of Owls (2015), In the Company of Crows and Raven s (2005), and Marine Birds and Mammals of Puget Sound (1982). Indeed, Hauber does make this plea in his concluding chapter.

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Barn Owls Chicago Penguins New Zealand 187

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AUGUST 22, 2012

I’ve written at length in the past about the circumstances of that extinction event, how the rich endemic fauna was utterly vulnerable to introduced mammals and how waves of invaders wiped out different groups of species. New Zealand faces massive challenges in protecting its species. Image by Glen Fergus. Insanely ambitious?

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New Zealand Rats Mammals Possums 174

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2016

The gamekeeper drives by, I wave my greetings but do not mention the jackals I am observing at the moment: this animal is not protected in Serbia and is allowed for killing year-round (one may say “hunting” instead, but I am having problems trying to spot the difference). All this happens less than a mile from the nearest houses.

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Sheep Serbia Eagles Mammals 134

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. Has it really been 21 years (almost) from the publication of Jonathan Franzen’s New Yorker article, “ Emptying the Skies ,” six years since the documentary with the same name?

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Cyprus Slaughtered Slaughter Research 257

Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound. KING says one of the Nisqually casualties was a Steller sea lion, protected under the Endangered Species Act. Investigators say they do not know who is responsible.

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Sea Lions Lions Wounded Washington 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Add 315 bird species, 42 species of mammals – including Vulnerable Irrawaddy and Endangered Ganges River Dolphins , 61 amphibians and reptiles – including Estuarine Crocodile , at least 150 species of commercially important fish and 334 plant species to the picture. They are doing it bare-handed without any protective gear.’

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Bangladesh Dolphins Cambodia Cooking 187

Critter News

OCTOBER 13, 2008

On the one hand, there is “the potential for harm to marine mammals,” Chief Justice John G. Not surprising. Roberts Jr. said Wednesday at a Supreme Court argument over the Navy’s use of sonar in training exercises off the coast of Southern California.

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Whaling Whales Protection Mammals 100

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JUNE 11, 2013

In parts of the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia, from which I have just returned, Geladas have been protected from persecution for some time. Mammals Ethiopia Gelada' they are the most terrestrial primate after humans. This has resulted in their populations returning to natural levels and their fear of humans being curtailed.

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Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 160

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The island was mostly forested through its history and never had introduced browsing mammals, meaning it had an intact flora. It’s home to Kokako and Little Spotted Kiwi , and has been a refuge used in protecting the endangered Kakakpo. The species was lost for over a hundred years before being rediscovered in 2003.

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New Zealand Rats Cooking 2003 143

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The Aruban Burrowing Owl hunts primarily from the ground, hopping and running after lizards, insects, and small mammals. The added publicity – the bird now appears on Aruba currency and stamps – will draw attention to needed conservation and protection efforts.

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Prairie Dogs Tortoises South America 2006 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

In July 2013, the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources held a meeting in Bremerhaven in Germany, to decide whether to turn the Ross Sea into a marine protected area. And the Mammals. Back to the Future – the Case for Protection. Finally – the Seabirds.

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Russia Penguins Whaling Whales 177

Critter News

MARCH 25, 2010

As noted in another post, no protections for marine mammals. But plenty of drivel about improving law enforcement for wildlife protection. Just more drivel out of a toothless organization.

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Laws Mammals Wildlife Protection 100

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JULY 22, 2014

billion mammals annually. Our findings suggest that free-ranging cats cause substantially greater wildlife mortality than previously thought and are likely the single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for US birds and mammals. Mammals cats Invasive Species Week' We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4–3.7

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Whenever I come here, I am focused on birds, but I have had some good mammal sighting as well: a roe deer swimming across a pond (only its head and antlers visible), a pair of otters playing in the water, a curious (young?) Annex II of the Bern Convention lists 45 of Beljarica’s bird species, with a further 91 species in Annex III.

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Serbia Otters Boars Hunters 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand. Even wiping out a majority of mammals from the third biggest island is a challenge, and not just logistically.

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New Zealand Possums SPCA Hedgehogs 122

Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) received the Humane Society’s Legislative Leader award for her leadership in protecting animals. The Humane Society of the United States cited Senator Cantwell’s efforts to improve marine mammal rescue capability, including such challenges as disentangling marine mammals from fishing nets.

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Humane Society Of The United States Animal Welfare Legislation Washington 100