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Birding the Danzhou Bay area (Hainan, China) by day

10,000 Birds

The Spring Festival – or Chinese New Year – is a big period for traveling in China. In these rural areas, public transportation is still mostly based on rather old-fashioned modes. While not on the scale of bird migration, it is routinely and somewhat lazily described as the biggest annual migration of humans in the world.

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Air Canada Criticized for Transporting Research Monkeys

Critter News

The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo. Air Canada is one of a small number of airlines that continues to transport these primates, Kite said.

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Birding Fengxian, Shanghai in summer

10,000 Birds

For example, one cat is named “damao” (“big cat” in Chinese) while another was named “xiaomao” (“little cat”). Given the limited amount of creativity available here in my apartment, this has sometimes led to the problem of these cats being given rather uninspired names.

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The Danube Backwaters

10,000 Birds

Perhaps the best example of such habitats may be the Central Beljarica floodplain hotspot. All suburbs within the Pancevacki rit are serviced by Belgrade public transport, but from them, it may be 1 to 3 miles more to reach the levees.

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Birding Wawushan, Sichuan

10,000 Birds

So, for example, there was ample warning of the danger of snow. The Great Parrotbill recently unsuccessfully petitioned to be renamed to Giant Parrotbill, citing the panda example as proof of the benefits of having this name. While Giant Pandas are celebrated in today’s China, this was not always the case.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

If you do view the documentary, I suspect that you will agree that "raising," transporting and slaughtering animals in this way is, indeed, wrong and ought not be supported.] For example, the famous Framingham heart study has been tracking the daily living and eating habits of thousands of residents of Framingham, Massachusetts since 1948.