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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

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We have given an awful exhibition of slaughter and destruction, which may serve as a warning to all mankind. Asian Elephants and Indian Elephants ( Elephas maximus indicus ) are both listed as Endangered (EN) on the ICUN red list. Of course, by now most people know they have been slaughtered by hunters for their ivory.

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

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Some of these trends may, however, be due to a bias in coverage by ornithologists of safer areas such as national parks and protected swamps that afford easier accessibility and comforts.” The Natal Spurfowl forages on rhinoceros and elephant dung (HBW) and does so without complaining.

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