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Big Cat Week 2012 Starts Sunday!

4 The Love Of Animals

9, 2012, at 8 p.m. These big cats are a species under constant threat from poachers and farmers who fear that the leopards are attacking their livestock. Snow Leopard of Afghanistan. Sunday, Dec. Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous places on earth, is also home to a population of endangered and elusive snow leopards.

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Endangered Malayan Tiger Cubs Born at Busch Gardens Tampa

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Each cub weighs between six and seven pounds, and is currently being monitored around the clock by the park’s animal care team. Malayan tiger cub births in managed care are rare – just one successful birth in 2012 as part of the SSP. The species also often comes into conflict with people over livestock predation.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

However very few birders ever venture to areas off this well-beaten track, so with this in mind, I decided to explore a fascinating but ornithologically little known corner of Ethiopia in January 2012, to see what surprises awaited me.

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CBC Shenanigans

10,000 Birds

It was late December, 2012, and I slotted into a sizable group under the joint leadership of two highly respected birders. Interestingly enough, a similar situation with the same animal would unfold many years later – with a crushingly similar outcome for me. Little did I know that it was much closer than I had assumed!

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