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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

10,000 Birds

Gujarat, December 2010. Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India. Target for today: critically endangered Sociable Lapwing ( Vanellus gregarius ). Sam claims that they are always there, 26 of them only a week ago.

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And Man Created Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

Comment before midnight on August 8, 2010. It’s no accident that dogs evolved this way, as humans have been selectively breeding them for around 14,000 years to serve our needs as laborer, companion, hunter, herder and warrior, as well as to suit our aesthetic fancy. This giveaway is open to those in the USA only.

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