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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

I remember the guide on my first Kenyan birding safari remarking that “birding groups always see far more mammals than those who come just to see animals. At the time (1968) sightings of lynx in the Doñana were extremely rare as the animals were so shy: I was extremely fortunate to have this encounter. (I

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72 dangerous animals africa

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forest buffalo goes into first ​ hyena: The spotted hyena is a highly successful animal, being the most common large carnivore in Africa. Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste.

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Pet Adoption Tips from Adopt-A-Pet.com

4 The Love Of Animals

They might also have the misconception that pets are shelters might be there because there was a problem with the animal. In fact, most pets end up in shelters not because of any problem pet behavior, but because an owner died, moved, or simply didn’t have the time or money to care for the animal.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

About a quarter of the world’s Brown Bears live in Europe (including the Russian part of it), some 55,000, divided into nine separate and evermore fragmented populations – some of them dangerously tiny, a dozen or two dozen animals only. Although one member of the group spotted a mother with two cubs, I have not. Not at all.

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Birding on a Busted Foot

10,000 Birds

It’s a frustrating thing, knowing there are exciting animals out there to be seen and being stuck back at base. They are large groups of birds of all different kinds of species. Fortunately, if I couldn’t go to the bush, the bush could come to me. Bird waves are a feature of birds all around the world.

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Blind Dog Rescue Alliance

4 The Love Of Animals

We recently got an email from a rescue group that specializes in blind dogs. The Blind Dog Rescue Alliance is a small group of volunteers in the United States and portions of Canada dedicated to helping blind and visually impaired dogs. Blind Dog Rescue Alliance originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 5, 2010.

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Air Canada Criticized for Transporting Research Monkeys

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A Pearson International Airport employee tipped off the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection that a shipment of monkeys destined for Montreal was being held at the Toronto airport after arriving from China on Saturday. Under pressure from animal rights groups and the public, many airlines have banned the practice.