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Linkwood Distillery: 15 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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For starters, the official national animal is the unicorn, a fairy-tale beast chosen by Scottish royalty in the Middle Ages for its reputation as the natural enemy of the lion, the adopted mascot of English kings. Swans swim on a small pond on the distillery grounds and deer and otters can be found by a trail that runs beside the burn.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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You can make a similar map for the small carnivores, the Mustelids, such as minks, ermines, otters, etc. When you throw the feral Cat in there, not only do they push out the indigenous wild carnivores, but they are hunting animals that are not quite adapted to avoiding them as well as they may be to avoiding other animals.