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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

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Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India. Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.

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Interpol Makes Arrests in Tiger Smuggling

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The two-month operation involved national enforcement agencies in six tiger-range countries (China, India, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam) and was coordinated by INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Program at its headquarters in Lyon, France.

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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again (but maybe for the last time)

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Presumably, in Russia, all these species are called “special operations” these days. It seems this species occasionally moonlights as a flower pollinator, at least in parts of India and whenever the money is particularly tight ( source ). Animal Class. Maybe they just want to deter some birders. American Civil War?

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