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Critically Endangered Birds in Costa Rica- How to See Them, How to Help Them

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Take that same stroll in southern Brazil or other places and extinction is acres of burned rainforest, a walk through plastic decorated neighborhoods devoid of insects, massive forest fires, die-offs of animals, and millions of shellfish being cooked alive , in situ. Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata).

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Many Animals Dying in Australian Wildfires

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The official human death toll stood at 181 from the weekend's deadly fires and authorities said it would exceed 200. Rescuers have doled out antibiotics, pain relievers and fluids to the critters in a bid to keep them comfortable, but some of the severely injured were euthanized to spare any more suffering. We are losers.

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How to ‘treat’ your cat right

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Just like people, pets that are not treated right can suffer from stress and other health problems, and an inadequate diet, for example, will make cats more prone to infections and illnesses. By and large, human food does not make good cat treats, although there are a few things that are suitable if prepared with care.

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Where to Place Your Birdcage

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This anxiety could cause the bird to suffer health problems. Presence of Humans. Also, keep them out of your kitchen or your bathroom: the changes in temperature and humidity in these rooms as well as the fumes created from cooking or from hairspray and air fresheners could prove fatal. If you place it higher up (e.g.

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

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It describes how, when a veterinary drug used in India killed the vast majority of Indian vultures, the human death rate in affected locations increased by about 4% as the vultures were no longer around to feed on animal carcasses and the sanitation thus worsened substantially.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare. It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve.

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Bird Butts and Other Matters

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While in Mexico, up on the roof of a casa (where I was cooking something up) I saw a murmeration! The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. But that’s not the most interesting thing I’ve seen recently.

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