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Birding Dulan County, Qinghai

10,000 Birds

Good for animals, of course – particularly some shy mammals. Therefore, apologies in advance for the largish number of mammal photos in this post. Being a mammal myself, I am understandably much less fond of this animal class than I am of birds. A juvenile nearby. Blue Sheep. At least they are cute.

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Birding the Bear Mountain of Serbia

10,000 Birds

Chamois is an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. The Brown Bear remains my nemesis mammal. Turn-off to a macadam road winding through the forest and… there’s a Chamois on the road! Yes, yes, I know, not countable – it’s not a bird. Never mind, it’s not a bird.

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

Animal Person

I'm excited to be a blogger for Animal Rights Zone because its target market is people who don't usually subscribe to blogs. More >> Animals. You can search Animal Person's content (posted on AR Zone) using the search box on the right, under the AR Zone badge. Today is the launch of. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts.

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Why do some mammals have horns that curl backwards (goat) and some have horns that point forward (pronghorn). What are the advantages of one over the other?

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Annual Animal Care Gala in NYC

4 The Love Of Animals

Animal Care and Animal Planet Co-Host the Annual ANIMAL CARE Gala Fundraiser on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at PACHA New York. Animal Care & Control of New York City is pleased to announce their second annual fundraising gala, which will be co-hosted by the popular cable network Animal Planet.

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

People have moved useful plants and animals around with them as long as they had the wit to do so. So that New Zealand would end up with quite a few species of animal not originally found here is hardly surprising of itself. It should surprise no one that someone brought horses, or goats, or chickens. But hedgehogs?

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Listen Today on WALO Radio

Animal Person

Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends! Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! Let me know if you hear the show!