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Book: Shift Your Habit

4 The Love Of Animals

The Shift: Instead of buying your new friend from a pet store or breeder, adopt one from a shelter. Save $$: Up to $500 or more depending on animal and breed. Shift-It Tip: If you’re set on a purebred dog or cat, buy one from a rescue association instead of getting a pedigree from a breeder. Incredible Bulk.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

10,000 Birds

of Army Medical Department 1815-1851. The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. The actual findings are not that interesting – boy babbler meets girl babbler, they fall in love and breed – and everything is over in less than one month.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

They live in air-conditioned quarters and cared for in the most modern of avian medical facilities, with its own ophthalmology wing and intensive care unit. He interviews breeders about rumors of raptor trafficking and egg smuggling, activities that have supposedly been stopped.

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