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The Cattle Egret Expansion

10,000 Birds

They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. While equally at home among cattle and elephants in areas where neither are available it has adopted airports, where they feed on insects that get stirred up by passing planes.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Your reporting on the illegal ivory trade (“ Elephants Dying in Epic Frenzy as Ivory Fuels Wars and Profits ,” “The Price of Ivory” series, front page, Sept. 4) is a chilling reminder of just how high the stakes have become today for elephants in the wild. BENNETT Jeju, South Korea, Sept. ELIZABETH L.