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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

4 The Love Of Animals

Each animal they raise to adulthood is a step away from extinction, with the ultimate challenge to return them to the wild. a pregnant Indian rhinoceros readies herself for birth after a 16-month wait. Found in the frozen forests near Russia’s border with Korea, the cats are feared to have just 30 members left in the wild.

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Birding the Kruger Park (1): Skukuza area

10,000 Birds

Inside the camps, you are allowed to walk around freely – outside, this privilege is reserved for the animals. Presumably, the Natal Spurfowl thinks the Kruger Park is good habitat, with all the big animals around – the HBW remarks (with a slight hint of disapproval) that the species forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung.

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