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US a Hub for Eatin' Them Endangered Species

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(Be warned there's a horrific picture of a cooked monkey head in this article.) 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. From Alternet.org. Since the demand continues, so does the trafficking.".

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Royal Shags and Tricky Parakeets: Birding Queen Charlotte Sound

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As I said last week , I’ve decided to try and knock off a few of the New Zealand endemics and specialities that I haven’t seen before over the coming year, and the first place that sprung to mind was pretty close, just across the Cook Strait in the Marlborough Sounds.

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Petrel Paradise

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The first to cruise past in a hurry were the stunning Cook’s Petrels. The final large petrel species is another gadfly petrel, albeit a much larger one than the Cook’s Petrel. It is also known as the Great-winged Petrel outside of new Zealand, a name that also suits the species. The proposal from U.S.

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Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl–A Book Review

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The fish owl is an endangered species, and before Slaght’s work, very little was known about it, especially in Russia. (It “The Volkovs took their food seriously and once they began cooking were a near-unstoppable force” (chapter 13). He wanted to do research that would have a conservation impact.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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Despite birding in shattered forests with the constant background whine of chainsaws, the birding is phenomenal, with an incredible diversity and volume of rare and endangered species. Whether permits being issued are for selective harvesting or not, what is undeniable is that these reserves are being clear-felled.

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