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A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of India

10,000 Birds

Some years later, I hold ‘A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of India’ by Bikram Grewal, Tripta Sood and Manjula Mathur. It begins with a 15 pages overview of India’s climate and geography, its wildlife habitats, threats to wildlife, extreme rarities and how to enjoy the forests.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

10,000 Birds

In the most of Europe, Brown Bear is a mythical creature that lives only in mediaeval tapestries and folk tales. In the European Union there are only 10,000 mature bears (source: IUCN). Not much further, on the new tarmac that ends 6 km before the Gramos village, we find muddy bear footprints crossing the road.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. National wildlife refuges provide premier outdoor recreational opportunities across the Nation.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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Motomco’s Material Safety Data Sheet for “Hawk” warns that the product “is extremely toxic to fish, birds, and other wildlife” and that “dogs and predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten this bait.” Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

10,000 Birds

Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). These days, the species shares habitats with Tigers, Snow Leopard, Bears, etc.

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Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge Black Bears

10,000 Birds

Though I grew up where the Hudson Valley meets the Catskill Mountains, in the heart of Black Bear country, I can count my encounters with said bears on the fingers of one hand. In my later teenage years I saw a bear or a mother-and-cub pair three times when I was behind the wheel of my car. That’s a big bear!

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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

10,000 Birds

And the Mammals. And I need you to vote for me and send me to Antarctica, so I could write wildlife blogs on Adélie Penguins and Leopard Seals. On the Balleny Islands Antarctic Fulmar , Antarctic Prion and Cape Petrel also breed. Now you know. Working title: The Only Planet. And in order to get there, I need your voice.

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