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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

.* So, it’s a good thing that Ediciones Nuevos Mundo, the publishing arm of The Friendship Association, published Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Comprehensive Guide by Nils Navarro, Cuban wildlife artist and naturalist , earlier this year. Press in 2003. and Cuba.). Raffaele, James, Wiley, Orlando H. Garrido, et al.,

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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound

Animal Person

In 2003, police in Warwickshire, England, opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. They named her Jasmine, and they started to think about finding her an adoptive home. And for all of you naysayers, it was verified by Snopes. * It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. But Jasmine had other ideas.