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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller is one of these books. Lost Animals is a book about what was lost and witnesses to the loss—how the bird or mammal was viewed, often for the last time, through the lens of a camera. Yes, it is about extinction, a popular topic in the Year of the Passenger Pigeon.

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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

10,000 Birds

And on their way south, they reach the killing fields of northern Serbia ( Newsweek on poaching in the Balkans ). The scale of massacres is such that in 2001 the Italian customs found 120,702 dead birds from Serbia in just one lorry. The Turtle Dove is not a trophy animal. Money and effort are being invested in that protection.

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Travis the Chimp is the Victim

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But let's stick to the animal rights issue. This animal was seriously compromised by being in unnatural conditions and given unnatural substances. What is sad is that Travis' mother was also shot and killed for aggressive behavior. Tags: chimpanzees animal cruelty Stupid us. What were they thinking?) Cruel and insane.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 4)

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This study suggests that the common pastime of supplementary feeding of ducks has resulted in new foraging behaviours and patterns within urban populations of Pacific Black Ducks, and these findings have implications for urban wildlife management and the co-existence of people and animals in urban environments.” ” ( source ).

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