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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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” “You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up. (If The new Guide to the Birds of China (John MacKinnon) has been published. This is partly due to hunting in China, where about 90% of the species winter (HBW). I just want to point out it could be much worse.

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Autumn colours

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This year will be tough on many birds as further mudflat destruction to construct factories in China means that they may not be able to feed in areas that they have known in the past. We receive some beautiful photos from China of individually marked shorebirds on migration each year as they travel through the Flyway.

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

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” It is a bit similar with my cats – I like to watch them eat but rarely wait until they throw up. keep in mind that it might just be that some members of the species have taken up jobs at the new Tesla factory – it is indeed only a few kilometers away from the plant of nature lover Elon Musk in Nanhui.

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From Today's Wall Street Journal

Animal Ethics

However, I agree with Mr. Foer that factory farming has to go. At one point during my year living in China, I ate dog. My interactions with farm animals have been as affectionate and fun as any I've had with dogs or cats. Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food.