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The Belgrade Amazon Campaign or the House of the Eagle

10,000 Birds

So, the Belgrade press become acutely interested in birding? And there is only one certain way to protect the lower parts of the city from floods: let the river spread and flood some other area, before it reaches the city. Photo: Gordan Pomorisac. I wish, but no, that wasn’t the case. The Beljarica is the very buoyancy aid of Belgrade.

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New Jersey Bear Hunt to Continue as Planned

Critter News

6 to 11, is authorized under the state’s recently adopted Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy (CBBMP). The facts are clear, we have an overpopulation of black bears in New Jersey, and we must address that issue," said Martin in a press statement. "A On Monday, Nov. The bear hunt, set to take place from Dec.

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Linkwood Distillery: 15 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

10,000 Birds

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.

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Noudar Nature Park, Portugal

10,000 Birds

I had the good fortune to be asked to represent one of the UK’s national birding magazines ‘Birdwatching’ on a press trip to Southern Portugal earlier this month. In May 1992 European Union governments adopted legislation designed to protect the most seriously threatened habitats and species across Europe.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

Here is the press release, which explains why they are trying to do this. Such registries would help protect animals, pet guardians and communities by preventing repeat offenses from anyone with an established history of abusing animals. They are pioneering legislation in California to make public animal abuse registries.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Press, 2000), and updated in terms of taxonomy, status, and distribution. Actually, I thought I could press it and hear a bird call, till I remembered that this was a book not a web page.). Press in 2003. The information here is more extensive than what is offered in Field Guide to the Birds of Cuba by Orlando H.

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Tom Regan on the Animal-Rights Movement

Animal Ethics

But prejudices die hard, all the more so when, as in the present case, they are insulated by widespread secular customs and religious beliefs, sustained by large and powerful economic interests, and protected by the common law. To overcome the collective entropy of these forces-against-change will not be easy.