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New Zealand, Australia to Conduct Whale Research Too

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New Zealand and Australia are joining forces to carry out research on whales using non-lethal methods, in an attempt to challenge Japan's hunting programme. The scientists hope their research will help to disprove Japan's claims that whales have to be killed if they are to be properly studied. It's non-lethal.

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Others Reasons to Visit Cassowary House

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A Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ) that may have tried to kill me. I had a fantastic talk with him about birds, HBW and Wikipedia as I enjoyed the birds at the feeders, and the next morning he let me tag along on a quick trip up the road to look for some Lovely Fairy-wrens. The Yellow-spotted Honeyeater ( Meliphaga notata ).I’m

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Many Animals Dying in Australian Wildfires

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There's no doubt across that scale of landscape and given the intensity of the fires, millions of animals would have been killed," he said. Tags: australia animal rescue wildfires wildlife. They're the ones your hearts really go out to.".

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Week Fourteen: The Center of Australia, and Sydney Part #1

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This week finds us flying from Melbourne, Australia, to Alice Springs, in the center of this incredibly large country. This is truly the center if Australia, no matter what method you use to decided the actual location of dead center. But the diversity, that I have found to be Australia, remains.

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A Problem with Gulls

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These Blasts From The Past No Owls at Croton Point I Hate Connecticut… Birding Kazakhstan: Morning of Day 1 in Astana Ottawa By Way of Ohio The Snow Bunting That Almost Killed Me, or, Hyperbole in Bird Blog Post Titles is Fun! Tags: gulls • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Black-headed Gull L. Get yours today!

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Animal Testing Debate Continues in New South Wales

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This particular animal research controversy is occurring in New South Wales (Australia). Welfare groups are calling for an urgent public debate on animal testing amid claims millions of creatures are being killed or maimed every year in Australia in the name of science. From the online Sydney Morning Herald.

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Australian Fireman Honored by Animal Rights Activists

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Peta called on authorities to add cruelty to animals to the arson charge laid against a 39-year-old man on Friday in connection with a bushfire in rural Victoria state that killed 21 people. Tags: wildlife crime natural disaster australia animal rescue wildlife PETA.

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