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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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One of my most vivid memories of watching The Sopranos – still the best TV series ever, in my opinion – is Tony outside barbecuing, occasionally turning the different pieces of meat. It is probably a rumor that writing a post about Australia and not mentioning Koalas is illegal, but why take the risk?

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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

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Allow me to take you back in time, to November 2014. And that flight is illegal because EU legislation does not allow export of game meat from Serbia to EU. It is being hunted solely for food, and those who kill them certainly want their meat exported by any criminal channel available.

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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When I came here for the first time in 2014, I stayed at the Limneo B&B in the Chrisochorafa Village and met its owner, Nikos Gallios. Nikos managed to show us the incubating Cattle Egrets, of which only 2 or 3 pairs breed in this enormous heronry, counting up to 9000 pairs back in 2014. What should I expect?

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