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Birding Dongfang and Dongzhai on Hainan

10,000 Birds

Here, nervous Cattle Egrets trying to quit smoking pace restlessly on buffalos. In Shanghai, such fake brands more or less vanished more than 10 years ago, but it seems that on Hainan, there still is a space for them. The closest we got to habitat similar to Dongfang was on the last day of the trip, close to Haikou airport, at Dongzhai.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!).

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

Animal Person

The goal is to provide blogospheric content that is easy to find, and from a variety of sources. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts. Project Treadstone. Responsible Policies. More >> Animals. More >> Category. More >> Players. New York Times. Software.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. Over the years Jethro approached rabbits as if they should be his friends, but they usually fled.

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