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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

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These are overgrown in steppe grasses and local sheep herders are subsidised by the authorities to bring their animals here to keep the grass short, prevent succession by bushes and manage the habitat. Alongside 170 birds, in this park you stand a chance of spotting the Eurasian Lynx , Brown Bear and Grey Wolf ! The Southwest.

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I Remember Elephants

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Late last month, while searching for bears , woodpeckers and spirits of Greece, I deliberately avoided checking any news, especially from my home country. The animal slowly walked away from us, stopping every now and then to check on our behaviour. Every now and then, I need to cut the world off and clear my mind. One may say so.

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PETA and IFAW Plan 24 City Tour of Canada

Critter News

PETA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) are holding a joint news conference this week, and I would like to offer you an exclusive advance scoop on it. Plans will be unveiled at a news conference in Halifax in advance of the Olympic torch's arrival.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump. But one in particular did not even involve contact with an animal. It was the first time I went to a wildlife rehabilitators conference. But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends.

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Animal Companions

Animal Ethics

By disguising anthropomorphic (in other words, pre-scientific) ways of thinking as science, Wise rediscovers the enchanted world of childhood, in which animals live as Beatrix Potter describes them, in an Eden where “every prospect pleases, and only man is vile.” And that explains, in part, the appeal of the animal-rights movement.

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