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10,000 Birds

And while I definitely consider myself more of a writer than a wildlife photographer, for once I have enough good photos to let my pictures do most of the talking. As I learned this week, locals cook the unripe fruit into meat dishes, and eat the ripe fruit raw… as do birds!

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US a Hub for Eatin' Them Endangered Species

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(Be warned there's a horrific picture of a cooked monkey head in this article.) The United States is one of the world's largest, if not the largest, consuming nations for wildlife products. Tags: wildlife trafficking us endangered species. From Alternet.org. Since the demand continues, so does the trafficking.".

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Flock to Marion

10,000 Birds

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. None of the three voyagers made landfall due to poor weather and dangerous conditions.

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Many Animals Dying in Australian Wildfires

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Not only did we not think about the impact of the Australian wildfires on wildlife, but we didn't see the AP story on our very own sidebar. While the scope of the wildlife devastation was still unclear, it was likely to be enormous, {Jon Rowdon, president of the rescue group Wildlife Victoria} said. We are losers.

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Royal Shags and Tricky Parakeets: Birding Queen Charlotte Sound

10,000 Birds

As I said last week , I’ve decided to try and knock off a few of the New Zealand endemics and specialities that I haven’t seen before over the coming year, and the first place that sprung to mind was pretty close, just across the Cook Strait in the Marlborough Sounds.

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Keeping Ducks and Geese as Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

As well as ducks and geese bringing their character and personalities to your life, females also lay eggs that you can cook with. guest post wildlife' Ducks and geese make excellent pets because it is interesting to watch them as they go about their activities and engage with their environment.

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Keeping Ducks and Geese as Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

As well as ducks and geese bringing their character and personalities to your life, females also lay eggs that you can cook with. guest post wildlife' Ducks and geese make excellent pets because it is interesting to watch them as they go about their activities and engage with their environment.

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