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On Egypt's Pig Cull

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I received an e-mail from the well-meaning Wendy at Compassion in World Farming (which I find an odd combination of words) regarding Egypt's pig cull and asking me to send my protest to the Egyptian Government. CIWF wants to "halt the brutal killing of these animals, and to ensure that they can be assured of a humane future."

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Brush rabbit - an animal used for dog racing in ancient Egypt

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Trash Puppies of Egypt, 2020

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Aelian’s On The Nature Of Animals: The Classics Can Be Fun!

10,000 Birds

Thus opens the first entry in On the Nature of Animals , written by Claudius Aelianus in the days of imperial Rome, now freshly translated by Gregory McNamee and presented in an attractive, modern-looking edition by Trinity University Press.

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Goat with an Ape’s head creates terror in Egypt

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Costa Rica’s Best Birds of Halloween

10,000 Birds

Another bird with a mask, albeit one more suited to a party in ancient Egypt or a soiree in the Roaring Twenties. Similar to Corvids and primates in more than one way, toucans are smart, very social frugivores that also feed on any small animals they can manage to catch. Lesser Ground-Cuckoo. Hummingbirds.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The book is chiefly about how people have conceptualized and studied birds, but there is an underlying theme, the changing ways in which our Western culture has viewed animals, nature and God. There’s the Neolithic era; Ancient Egypt (bird mummies!); It’s a huge scope for a 338-page book.