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US a Hub for Eatin' Them Endangered Species

Critter News

And here I've been yelling at China all this time. (Be The United States is one of the world's largest, if not the largest, consuming nations for wildlife products. Tags: wildlife trafficking us endangered species. Be warned there's a horrific picture of a cooked monkey head in this article.) From Alternet.org.

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Avian influenza H5N2 in the Mississippi and Pacific Flyways

10,000 Birds

China used H5N2 inactivated vaccine to prevent spread of H5N1 strain highly infectious bird flu virus and that has proved to be effective, an official with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Tuesday. People should avoid contact with sick/dead poultry or wildlife. They also have made progress in developing H5N1 fowlpox vaccine.

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World birding from a Schrödinger’s house

10,000 Birds

China 1410 9. United States 1160 12. The most bird-rich northeast of India includes e.g. the Kaziranga NP and the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, respectively, together with the world’s largest Amur Falcon roost in Nagaland. Colombia 1959 bird species 2. Brazil 1847 sp. 3.

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