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Birding Dulan County, Qinghai

10,000 Birds

Dulan County is a large county in east-central Qinghai, China. Good for animals, of course – particularly some shy mammals. Sparsely populated and at an average altitude of 3200 meters, it has a bit of an end-of-the-world feel to it, particularly the ranger station at around 4000 meters, where we stayed for a few nights.

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On Why You Should Post Videos Beyond YouTube

Animal Person

I received this from Chris in China, and it underscores the importance of posting videos beyond YouTube. Dear MFA, Youtube.com is blocked in China. If Mercy For Animals could also post at Vimeo.com or make a downloadable copy available, it could do a world of good here. For farm animals, China is America 2.0

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Excellent Group for Animal Rights in Asia

Critter News

Please consider Animals Asia for your future donations. I love this organization and have supported them for a few years now. They do important work.

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New Podcast Uploaded for 01/30/10

Critter News

In this week's podcast ending January 30, 2010: **A Mercy for Animals video spurs calls for a ban on tail docking in the State of New York; **Animal rights activists try to stop construction of a bullfighting ring in Beijing; **A PETA protestor gets a pie in the face for protesting against the Canadian seal hunt; **And legislation is proposed in China (..)

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Interpol Makes Arrests in Tiger Smuggling

Critter News

The two-month operation involved national enforcement agencies in six tiger-range countries (China, India, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam) and was coordinated by INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Program at its headquarters in Lyon, France.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Virus Spreading Alarm and Deadly Pig Disease in China ” (Business Day, Aug. In the long term, there is a glimmer of hope for China’s pigs. In 2005, a survey commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare showed that the Chinese are similar to Americans in their concern for animals.

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The Golden Pheasant

10,000 Birds

But the looks of the adult male Golden Pheasant make it an attractive bird for animal parks, zoos, and similar places – for example, it has its own webpage at Seaworld and at a place called Marineland on the Cote D’Azur. I guess in China, there is always money for research related to Giant Pandas.

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