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What is killing birds at Karla Lake (Greece)?

10,000 Birds

In early August this year, I saw 77 species here (69 on the lake, plus 8 more in the surrounding areas) but barely more than a thousand individuals. A few Lesser Kestrels by the dyke wall, then a Black-eared Wheatear at some cattle fencing. What is killing them? Yet, what is killing the birds of Lake Karla? Best seasons.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

10,000 Birds

For many grassland species, our vast expanses of tilled and plowed fields, orchards and vineyards, pastures and rangeland offer an abundance of convenient food and shelter – and some bolder birds even wander indoors to find these things in our barns and stables. For most of history, beer has thrived in agrarian settings, too.

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Protecting Your Pets from Pests and Disease

4 The Love Of Animals

Mosquitoes bite humans and animals with no regard to species, and they bring along a number of illnesses. Heartworms are easily controlled by any one of a number of medications designed to kill the worms or repel mosquitoes. A lot of very important information for pet owners, especially as we go into the summer season.

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Birding the Kruger Park (5): Pafuri area part 1

10,000 Birds

Pafuri lies in the northernmost part of the Kruger National Park and is described as “some of the most potentially productive birding territory in South Africa” on the SANParks website. ” (HBW). .” ” (HBW). A slightly more surprising threat for the vultures comes from elephants.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 4 of 13

Animal Ethics

The last example suggests the difficulty of making a clear distinction between an animal part and an animal product. If a genetically engineered animal’s legs periodically fell off, would not its legs be more like a product of an animal (analogous to eggs) than a part of the animal? What Is an Animal Part? KBJ: Agreed.

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Birding beyond Brisbane

10,000 Birds

As we travelled around the hinterland we discovered that the Cattle Egret in that area of Queensland were with the cattle! Cattle Egret and cattle. Australian Bustard and cattle. Sadly we did see a lot of road kill and no doubt a result of people driving at night. Shorebird roost at Toorbul.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species. 21, 2008 To the Editor: You rightly capture the magnitude of the problem of ensuring safe food products. Indeed, we have not come far from Upton Sinclair’s “ Jungle.” If we must eat conscious beings, we must show them respect. Bertha Rogers Delhi, N.Y.,