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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

10,000 Birds

During the Pleistocene, Dholes were found across the Northern Hemisphere, including Europe and North America, sharing their space with sabre-toothed cats. These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc. Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low.

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Hotspur’s Revenge: A Review of Three Books

10,000 Birds

Shakespeare was, supposedly , the reason starlings, house sparrows, and other non-native birds were introduced to North America. Now, there are still 10 million of them there but, due in part to a population dip after 1970, it is, in the reign of the second Elizabeth, illegal to kill them intentionally. What’s magic about 1970?

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