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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural. We don’t have monkeys, or wildebeest, or salmon here.

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Hong Kong Trip Report: February 2014

10,000 Birds

And even though transportation is so easy and inexpensive, prepare to walk a lot. We’re lucky to read about his adventures and observations regularly on this site, but the Asia page on his own brilliant blog is required reading for any birder heading to Hong Kong. Monkey at a monastery. Trips Asia Hong Kong Trip Report'

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