10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

And when you have adorable children coloring adorable pictures of Spoon-billed Sandpipers for an animated video about saving said Sandpipers, my friends, you have officially pushed the cute meter to the limit. Photo by JJ Harrison/Wikimedia Commons. Children are cute. So are Spoon-billed Sandpipers. Hat tip to Clare M. for the scoop!)

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2022

Shimmering in the distance, Nilgais , the biggest antelopes of Asia, walk by. Indian gazelle You know the secret of how African park rangers find animals for tourists? And the animals themselves? A bit further away, there is another male, this one with a dozen female strong harem. The main tactic is diversion.

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Gazelles India 2012 Pakistan 251

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

While the Black-throated Laughingthrush is native to Southeast Asia, it is also kept at the Toronto Zoo and has its own web page there. However, as the zoo is (at the time of writing this post) closed due to covid, you still have to leave Canada and come to Southeast Asia to see it. Which (due to covid) you probably cannot.

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Reddit Animals

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This bird was spotted in Singapore, a tropical island in South-east Asia. Could anyone help me identify what kind of bird this is? ​ [link] ​ [link] ​ [link] submitted by /u/shadowtaku [link] [comments]

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Beside India, Lynx Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of South Asia covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Mammals of South Asia follows the latest taxonomy, describes all the species recorded within the region and provides a range map for each species. monkeys, deer, gazelles, etc.). cm Weight 0.4

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Asia Mammals Sri Lanka Bhutan 174

Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2010

Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales. According to a Wales on Sunday investigation, the number of animals used at Cardiff has risen by 13 percent since 2006. Tags: universities animal experimentation UK animal research wales cardiff university.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

Asia: Indeed, some 150 meters away, four males of the Great Indian Bustard are semi-displaying – more than one per cent of the surviving population! Asia: We wait on the top of the hillock crossed by a barbed wire fence and topped by a scarecrow. 10000birds.com/rock-partridges-and-hollywood-mandolins.htm. The Sun is just rising.

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Reddit Animals

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

However, some arctic husky breeds also show genetic affinities with the now-extinct Taimyr wolf from northern Asia ​ [link] ​ submitted by /u/Dangi33 [link] [comments] Husky have the great genetic closeness to the gray wolf is due to admixture.

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Reddit Animals

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

They live in the same regions of asia. Do these 2 species ever meet in wild? submitted by /u/WingKey2112 [link] [comments]

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Animal Person

MARCH 27, 2009

In "Council Bozos Want to Ban Circus Animals in City" Ellis Henican ridicules the New York City Council for introducing a bill to ban the "display of wild or exotic animals for public entertainment or amusement." The elitist “animal-rights” zealots hate to admit this.

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Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2010

Thank Animals Asia for the rescue. Tags: taiwan Traditional Chinese Medicine bear bile china asia. Again, the China connection. I can't read such stuff without being sickened by my species. They are an amazing organization that we support financially.).

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Bears Rescue Farming Vietnam 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

Lakshmi rides an owl as her Vahana (a spirititual being or animal that transports a God) and the Spotted Owlet has been chosen to represent the family. Common throughout India with a range that covers much of South-east Asia, it can often be seen around habitation where it catches small rodents, insects and invertebrates.

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Owls Rodents Transported India 178

Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

"International collaboration in wildlife crime enforcement is critical to protecting species like tigers that are on the brink of extinction," said Fred O'Regan, President and Chief Executive Officer of IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangered species.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

So here it is, the review of Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars-Henrik Olsen. The species accounts include a description of the main field characters (in case tracking an animal actually leads to an encouter!), I definitely recommend it to naturalists in North America and East Asia as well.

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Europe Mammals Animal Birds 165

Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The call was issued after the animal rights group discovered that the fur were sourced from the raccoon dog in China, ABC Radio Australia reports. About 10 million dogs in China are killed for their fur, prompting an animal rights group to seek a ban on fur trade to Australia. The dog fur are used are inside lining for ugg boots.

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Critter News

AUGUST 25, 2008

State wildlife officials are investigating a possible poaching case in which someone removed the gallbladder of a black bear -- which can sell for thousands of dollars in Asia -- after the animal was struck and killed this week by a car in the Lake Tahoe area. Tags: bear poaching asia.

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Bears Asia Trafficking illegal 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

What extraordinary birds penguins are: physically, they remind us of ourselves, so we think we understand their behaviors, but, as the authors say, “their private life is as complex and mysterious as that of any wild animal.” Dragan]: The best birding in Asia is not even on the Asian mainland!

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Sri Lanka Malaysia Birds Suriname 218

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

Some differences in animal behavior are quite striking. I do not get too many comments on my blog posts, but it seems that whenever I write about jacanas – whether in Africa, Australia, or Asia – there is an unusually high number of reactions (well, maybe one or two rather than the usual zero) from female readers.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The bird flu, in Asia, has been out of the news but that’s just because the news ignores anything that happens for more than three days in a row that is not an election. First this : Bird Flu Strain Jumps From Animals To People For The First Time. Keep an eye on the bird flu. Bird flu viruses continue to circulate in poultry.

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Taiwan Iceland United States Humane 187

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Japanese T**s have their own claim to fame – they are the first wild animal species with experimental evidence for compositional syntax. In an old man, such hairs coming out of the ears or nose would be considered extremely ugly. Somehow, for this bird it is ok. They also look fairly cute. The Northern Lapwing is Near Threatened.

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Birds Humane Japan Ducks 226

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

Shimmering in the distance, Nilgais , the biggest antelopes of Asia, walk by. You know the secret of how African park rangers find animals for tourists? And the animals themselves? When they spot a traffic jam in the savanna, it is easy enough to conclude that some unfortunate animal is being surrounded by telephoto lenses.

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India Gazelles Endangered Species Pakistan 237

Critter News

JULY 13, 2009

The trade in TCM {Traditional Chinese Medicine} products has also been growing at an annual rate of 10 percent, which has seriously impacted medicinal plant and animal populations, though more than half of plants and animals being used by TCM are from artificial propagation or captive breeding.

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China Wildlife Tigers Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!). In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 196

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

These bark-burrowing beetles, which apparently hitched a ride in cargo shipments from their native Asia, have been starving the ash trees of eastern and midwestern North America to death for a dozen years now. With all due respect to Maria von Trapp, combating the greatest infestation that U.S.

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Woodpeckers Illinois Science Chicago 273

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2014

Later the continents broke up into smaller regions such as South America, Africa, Asia and such, an a few smaller pieces like Madagascar and New Zealand as well. Verily, when it comes to news stories about evolution, mammals aren’t the only kind of animal that can be milked! This was on Gondwana.

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Madagascar Ostriches Elephants New Zealand 198

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2012

Espree Animal Products encourages pet owners to take the following precautions to ensure the safety of their dogs this summer: Dogs, like people, should not be out in the heat of the day without proper shade and adequate water. Espree serves customers throughout Europe, Asia, Canada and the U.S.

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Dogs Pets Puppies Asia 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

People have moved useful plants and animals around with them as long as they had the wit to do so. A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. In many ways, that is exactly what happened.

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New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2011

The kitten Venus is an F4 Bengal meaning she’s four generations (F4) removed from the Asian Leopard Cat which is a small wild cat from Asia. Asian Leopards are about house cat sized and can breed with house cats giving a bit more wild animal to your domestic pet.

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Cats Leopards Kittens Unwanted 233

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

Large species, like the hatchet-billed Lapped-faced Vulture or the large Cape Vulture gets first dips, because they are the only species that can tear open the hides of some of the larger prey animals.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 176

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2017

My transition from being a kid interested in all kinds of animals to being a full-on birder happened when I was around 11 years old, in the early 1980s (oh dear!). I was given my first real field guide to the birds of Europe by my parents, a guide beyond the species found at backyard feeders and city ponds. Azure T**s. For better.

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Europe Birds Kazakhstan Russia 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

The main threat was the reduction in vegetation for native animals and the general degradation of the land. They are also bred for racing around the world and once these four Rock Doves were captured it was discovered that they were in fact birds with tattoos on their wings from somewhere in Asia and were subsequently destroyed.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. In the east, this species can be found along the east coast of Africa, the Nile Valley,and into parts of the middle east and India and southeast Asia. There are two main subspecies, the nominate B. coromandus.

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Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version. Bringing animals that would require feed and water at that early stage would have been unwise. Boehrer, Bruce, Animal Characters: Nonhuman Beings in Early Modern Literature, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010.,

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 199

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

” The Wels Catfish, Silurus glanis , is the second largest fish in its range, which covers much of Europe and parts of West Asia. Since the Catfish eat these animals, they are made up of tissues that combine these signatures and further alter them in expected ways (black dots).

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Fish Birds Whales Whaling 200

Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2007

The horse slaughter industry in the United States has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty. The transport and subsequent slaughter of these animals is brutal. The facts are these: ¶Most horses that end up slaughtered are bought by buyers acting on behalf of slaughterhouses.

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New York Times Horse Slaughter New York Slaughter 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2022

In areas where there is a high density of these animals grazing, less than 50% of all nests are successful ( source ). According to the HBW, “only female incubates and cares for young … [while] males leave during [the] incubation period” Right on, sharpies!

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Cattle Portugal Buffalo Humane 147

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2008

Without our strong alliance with South Korea, our influence in Asia would be vastly diminished. It sent more than 300,000 troops to help us in Vietnam, was a quick and generous supporter of Desert Storm in 1991, and for several years had the third-largest deployment of troops in Iraq, following our invasion of that country five years ago.

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