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People Who Want to Ban Circus Animals are Bozos?

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Henican writes: The truth of the matter, of course, is that most city kids will never have the chance to visit the wilds of Africa and Asia, assuming there are any wilds left in the decades to come. The only way most of us will ever see an elephant (or a tiger or a hippo) is on the National Geographic Channel, at a circus or in a zoo.

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Panama Trip Report: April 2017

10,000 Birds

Despite the golf course, this place host all manner of birds and mammals. Park in the lot across from Summit Gardens and Zoo, then walk across the railroad tracks. Rufescent Tiger-Heron. Places to eat are few and far between in the Gamboa area, so lower your expectations in that department. Neotropic Cormorant. Great Egret.

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Collaborative List – June 2018

10,000 Birds

Of course we all know it will be Pat… again… , but let them have their fun. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Rufescent Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma lineatum. Fasciated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma fasciatum. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma mexicanum. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.

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Collaborative List – February 2019

10,000 Birds

Without including the new pin in the map, countries this month featured; USA, Australia, Serbia, Bahrain, India, Kuwait, New Zealand, UK, Ghana and of course, Costa Rica. Rufescent Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma lineatum. Fasciated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma fasciatum. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma mexicanum.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

10,000 Birds

Willcox–Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course. Willcox–Lake Cochise and Twin Lakes Golf Course. Tiger Shrike – Lanius tigrinus. Fasciated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma fasciatum. Rufescent Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma lineatum. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma mexicanum.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

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” In 1900, even before the last Passenger Pigeon’s death in the Cincinnati Zoo, Republican Congressman John F. Of course, by now most people know they have been slaughtered by hunters for their ivory. Asian Elephants and Indian Elephants ( Elephas maximus indicus ) are both listed as Endangered (EN) on the ICUN red list.

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