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Binocular snobbery

10,000 Birds

Many years ago I interviewed Barbara Young, then the newly recruited chief executive of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), for an article for The Daily Telegraph. In 1999 came a watershed moment when I flew to Austria for the launch of the brand-new Swarovski EL range.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2023

10,000 Birds

The website then hastens to add that “Unfortunately, there isn’t much scientific research on the poop of the upland buzzard” I bet some ornithology students do not find this particularly unfortunate. Some ornithological research is surprisingly simple. This individual first did not fully comply.

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When Choosing A Pup, Research ‘Breeds’ Results

4 The Love Of Animals

Before visiting the local animal shelter, I should have done some background research. Protect your pooch. There are a lot of differences between dog food brands, like nutritional value – visit FindTheBest to compare dog foods.). Don’t let the dog eat your homework.

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Returning to Old Haunts

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For three weeks in June, I traveled up and then down the eastern seaboard visiting ecological research sites. Little seemed to have changed, other than a brand new LEED-certified environmental center that had been built near the terminus of the protected area. A view of low-tide.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

As a librarian and women’s studies scholar, I greatly appreciate the research. Preferably, they should be wearing colors of purple, white, and gold, the branded hues of their movement. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

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In addition, the animals are subjected to excruciating mutilations – including branding, dehorning, debeaking, tooth pulling, tail docking, and castration – all performed without anesthesia. The researchers used a Cox proportional hazards regression analysis to estimate hazard ratios.