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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. But maybe that is actually a good thing. Maybe better not to ever meet such a “mother” (given that I have been living in China for too long to be up-to-date regarding political correctness etc.,

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon. to live out their lives in peace, absent the abuse they had suffered in the entertainment industry. by Marc Bekoff.

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Make sure you look after your pet with insurance

4 The Love Of Animals

According to the RSPCA, in 2008 there was a 57% increase in the number of animals abandoned by their owners in the UK. Research suggests that you are more likely to make a claim on your pet insurance than on either car or home insurance. If more pet owners had pet insurance, it is likely that far fewer animals would be abandoned.

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Kermie

Animal Person

On a very quiet night during a lull in the drama of the ducks, I was researching the Greyhound racing industry, and seething over its treatment of dogs as well as the support it often gets, through subsidies, to help it survive. He started frolicking with abandon in the dried green moss at the base of Bob, our resident Spathophylum.