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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

10,000 Birds

In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. One White-eyed Buzzard has turned its back to us. It is too early to show.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. In fact, given the right chromosomes, hybridization is possible between the two species and has been observed ( source ). Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.)

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

We also try to re-nest uninjured baby birds so we don’t interfere with a bird’s breeding cycle. A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do. It is illegal to keep a wild bird.

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