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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

10,000 Birds

I viewed them at dusk, through a telescope, from a ridge overlooking the area they were hunting. A Red Fox in Georgia, not looking very red I’ve never been to Svalbard, so I haven’t ticked off polar bear, but I have seen brown bears on a number of occasions in both Romania and Bulgaria. They particularly like chocolate!)

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We are Just Money Grubbers

10,000 Birds

This species’ population is suspected to have decreased rapidly, owing to levels of hunting on the staging and wintering grounds, and habitat deterioration (largely as a result of land cultivation). In the Western Palearctic at least 20-30% of the population are shot each year, often accidentally during hunting of other species.”

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