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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

10,000 Birds

Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India. These birds even lay their eggs on piles of cow or horse dung, most likely to elevate them from the cold ground and possibly provide some heating through the process of rotting plant material.

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Welcome Home Mama & Boris: How a Sister’s Love Saved a Fallen Soldiers Beloved Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

Pets In Iraq – Excerpt from Mama & Boris. Growing up, we always had animals. We both loved them, but it was Peter who seemed to communicate with the animals on a deeper level than anyone else we knew. I ask, worried about Peter getting in trouble just as much as the animals. “I I don’t know,” he says.

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