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Bush Meat, Trafficking Decimate Vietnam

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But the problem is the high demand for these products. Among them, stag and wild boar accounted for around 70 per cent of the consumed meat, followed by turtle, snake, fox and porcupine. Sounds just awful. From Vietnam News. In Viet Nam, hunting and trade in wild animals had been alarming, he said.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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Okay, obviously a bird-productive area, but what about the title? The number of herons and cormorants is clearly falling, but several hundred strong flocks of Sand Martins (Bank Swallows) and Common House-Martins are still around. This floodplain is now pinpointed for total annihilation… or development, depending on your angle of view.

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Prespa Lakes National Park, Greece: the largest Dalmatian Pelican colony in the world

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Up the dirt track next to a hilltop church is not particularly productive at this time of year. There are 172 species of butterflies recorded within the national park, 24 species of bats, plus the Beech Marten (which I saw only as a road-kill), Otter , Wild Cat , Badger , Wild Boar , Grey Wolf and the European Brown Bear, among others.

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Where to watch birds in Belgrade

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The only mammal species I have observed here were the Brown Hare and Least Weasel , but Golden Jackals and even Wild Boars are present, too. The aim of the project was to evaluate the ecotourism potential of the Serbian Danube and to offer birding as the new tourism product of the area. Pancevo Road turn off. eBird list.

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The best-kept birding secrets of Belgrade

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Two Wild Boars crossed our path, returning from the arable field where they fed overnight, to the safety of Beljarica. It will take you along the oxbow lake (not used for fish production and the entrance is not restricted) and through a pasture with scattered bushes (there’s no shade). If there were rains recently, this section of 0.3

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