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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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Nitin hopes to enlarge his collection of photos of Tigers. I am curious to see whatever awaits us in the Nagzira Tiger Reserve. Among teak and bamboo thickets, a winding forest road takes us deeper into the enchanted Snake Jungle, but alas, not a Tiger in sight. Only in protected areas in southern and central India (e.g.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning

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In front of us, in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve one wild Grey Junglefowl runs across the road. The tropical dry deciduous jungle, or “jungle”, however you see it, covers almost 90% of 600 km2 (230 mi2) of this protected area. There is something written on those pages… written by tiger claws. February 2013.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

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For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.

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Pipits and the Sweet Smell of Seaweed

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Or These Blasts From The Past Reason To Become A Bird Watcher #13: Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! • Explore These Related Posts First Phoebe of 2011 Duck Migration Review of Gulf Crossing Cold Front Connecticut in Carolina (or how migrants surprise us).Or Join Mike in Jamaica! The proposal from U.S.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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As she continued her monologue about these cats, the Wildcat cautiously walked in our direction, never taking its eyes off of us, stiff-legged, ears motionless, striped like a standard “tiger” domestic cat but entirely in grays. He also had tigers, cougars, and some other animals. That was one of his cats.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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It is also native to Japan, where it is protected and protectively studied to the point where Slaght had trouble getting any information.). The fish owl is Jonathan Slaght’s grail and also, more prosaically, his dissertation topic. Slaght has a wonderful talent for depicting people.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

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Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. With as many as 540 individuals in the wild the Amur Tiger ( Panthera tigris altaica ) is also listed as Endangered, being hunted for not only their fur but body parts as well. A newly created U.S.

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