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The Search for the Rarest Owl of India

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In the end, it was birding that has taken him from his native Serbia, across the Balkans and Turkey, to the very borders of the Old World: East Anglia and Spain, southern Africa and, in the instance of this epic report, India. The Forest Owlet is an endemic species of this mountain range. Raising and lowering its head, like stretching.

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Busch Gardens Welcomes New Baby Cheetah

4 The Love Of Animals

When zoo keepers saw that the baby was not eating and having trouble gaining weight, they made the decision to hand-raise him. Cheetahs are included on both the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list of vulnerable species as well as on the US Endangered Species Act list of threatened species.

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KwaZulu-Natal

10,000 Birds

Even in the tropics there are few birds that excel some of our own in elegance and beauty of plumage and we have an unusually large number of species considering the smallness of the area they inhabit. ” (Woodward brothers, “Natal Birds”, 1899) The mighty Drakensberg Mountains run along the western boundary of KwaZulu-Natal province.

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Should the Military Force Protect the Environment?

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In some cases, notably in Africa, biodiversity is threatened by military conflict, or by well-armed gangs of poachers. In response to both kinds of scenarios, some have begun to raise the possibility of an "eco-intervention," analogous to humanitarian interventions. Already, some conservation campaigns have taken on martial aspects.

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Raimat Saira Albariño (2017)

10,000 Birds

If they can spare a glance upward, the busy grape-pickers might also be treated to another portent of the changing seasons in the Iberian skies overhead: the sight of flocks of White Storks ( Ciconia ciconia ) heading south from their summer breeding grounds in Europe to Africa, where they spend the winter on the warm savannas.

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Busch Gardens’ Baby Cheetah Gets a New Puppy Pal

4 The Love Of Animals

Although this is Busch Gardens’ first cub-and-puppy combo, it is not uncommon in the zoological community for a single cheetah to be raised with a canine companion. Male cheetahs are social and often live together in coalitions,” said Tim Smith, one of Busch Gardens’ animal curators. Only approximately 12,400 cheetahs remain in the wild.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! We also knew we had discovered Africa’s next hot birding destination.

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