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Hornbills of Sabah

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The Rhinoceros Hornbill is the state bird of the Malaysian state of Sarawak ( source ), which unfortunately does not prevent hunting of the bird, not only for meat but also for the feathers. Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.)

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

10,000 Birds

Naziridis, whose authority doesn’t only come from his position, but also from a fact that he was born and bred in one of the villages around the lake – so he is not seen as a ‘foreigner’, but as one of the locals – answered: “It is not the pelicans, but your illegal fishing doing the damage.”

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