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Australian government abusing animals by imposing an unnecessary but mandatory quarantine: how can I raise the awareness?

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The subject is explained in outlets such as ABC news and 9News here: [link] [link] In summary, new law issued by Australian government a couple of months ago requires cats and dogs entering the Australia from all -except around 30- countries to be held in a 6 month quarantine alone. How can I raise the awareness about this cruelty?

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What is the National Bird of Denmark?

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So far as I can determine the swan was not officially granted status as the national bird of Denmark by law but by a popular vote held by either Danish Television or Denmark Radio. Clare and Grant-Broome Western Australia Mar 4th, 2011 at 8:03 pm Western Australia has the Black Swan as it’s state bird emblem!

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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

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This of course raises questions of what happens when all of the inland nesting grounds of all the loons becomes covered with glacial ice during ice ages, then later, the ice melts and the lakes return. Clare went a chose a first for Australia. Do the same pairs return, if possible, to the same nests after their long winter migration?

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Britain’s Birds: An Identification Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland–A Book Review

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The book is produced by WILDGuides, Ltd, the excellent book company responsible for over a dozen photographic guides on Britain’s natural life ranging from dragonflies to plant galls as well as books on Africa, Australia and other areas we all want to visit, and was published this summer by Princeton University Press.

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