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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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Above is a buck with antlers in velvet , while the animal below has clean antlers A Muntjac on the run. England’s Muntjac are all descended from a small number of animals released by the 11th Duke of Bedford in his park at Woburn, in Bedfordshire, in the early years of the 20th century. Rather more are killed in collisions with cars.

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Activists Hit Max Mara Managers in Italy

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All these people represent the top management of Max Mara Fashion Group, they torture and kill animals for profits of their company. Redecorated with paint also the house of the sister Maria Ludovica located in Reggio Emilia.

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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

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And on their way south, they reach the killing fields of northern Serbia ( Newsweek on poaching in the Balkans ). The cargo was meant to be sold as delicacies to restaurants in Italy. But by then, all surviving Turtle Doves are already in Africa, and those less fortunate await in deep freezers for their final flight to Italy.

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Castellare di Castellina: Chianti Classico (2019)

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This theatrical personality was first introduced to a wider audience in Bill Buford’s excellent 2006 culinary memoir Heat , which depicts Cecchini as uncompromising – and perhaps a bit mad – genius of butchery, but one with the utmost reverence for his craft and the respectful use of the animals we eat.

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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Other areas of New York City where the parakeets were seen in 1970 included the upper East side of Manhattan, Great Kills, Staten Island, Ellis Island and the area around the Statue of Liberty. According to a December 1970 article in the New York Times , there was a flock of 9 to 12 birds in Fort Tilden. After he died in 1987, the U.S.

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