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Book Review: Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

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It’s become regrettably political in the US right, which is the absolute worst response to a potential pandemic going. My parents are in England, should I be worried about the conflict on the other side of Europe in the Ukraine?” ” Ebola is in the news a lot at the moment.

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The Storks of Africa

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Marabous occur throughout tropical and subtropical Africa from Zululand in northern South Africa right up to the arid Sahel region fringing the Sahara Desert, avoiding the closed canopy rainforest zones of central and west Africa. This stork is named in honor of Bey El-Arnaut Abdim, a 19th century Turkish Governor of Wadi Halfa in Sudan.

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The New “Birds of Thailand”

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The paintings are, no doubt beautiful, but how successful they are, I can judge only by checking those birds I have a lot of experience with. There are only two countries in Africa that are not covered by regional or a country guide, only by the overweight pan-African one: the DR Congo and Zambia. For example, the White-tailed Eagle.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Our experience on the ground confirms your reporting that this trade is increasingly tied to organized crime. This holds true whether it is in the Democratic Republic of Congo or right here in New York City, where Cyrus R.

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World birding from a Schrödinger’s house

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I was trying to find that answer for a while and it turned into a very annoying experience. Democratic Republic of Congo 1185 11. Being a land-locked country with 1400+ species is remarkable in its own right. The first information necessary to start planning your travels is how many birds can be seen in each country.

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GHANA – Upper Guinea Forest Birding at its best!

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The Kakum Forest Canopy Walkway – a “must experience” for any serious birder As we moved across the first swaying walkway, the distinctive sound of a Rufous-sided Broadbill performing his mechanical whirring display flight could be heard below us. Truly fantastic.

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