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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. Another advantage to ballistic food transport is that the fruit seeds are protected from damage when they are swallowed whole. Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”.

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

4 The Love Of Animals

Dedicated keepers at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Elephant Nursery in Kenya protect baby Shukuru from the cold and rain, and the risk of pneumonia, with a custom-made raincoat. Her husband was David Sheldrick, the renowned naturalist and founding warden of Tsavo East National Park who died of a heart attack in 1977.

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Parental Investment Theory

10,000 Birds

In songbirds, by contrast, both the male and female can contribute equally to the very important job of incubating and protecting the egg. It has been shown that courtship is negatively correlated with abandonment. All the nurturing has to come from mom. Thus, the two types of animals have very different courtship patterns.

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Greater Sage-grouse v. Wind Turbines in Oregon

10,000 Birds

The conservation groups raised a number of arguments, but the court ruled against them and in favor of BLM in every instance. The consequence is that the project will either be delayed or abandoned, as it appears that BLM will have to conduct a thorough winter grouse analysis at the site if the project is to move forward.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Puck’s Good Idea ” (editorial, March 26): Thank you for writing about the restaurateur Wolfgang Puck and his desire to buy meat raised humanely. If we are to live in a more peaceful world, we must abandon the cruelty on our plates. This issue is an important one and needs to be talked about. Kristina Cahill Long Beach, Calif.,