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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

Below is a quotation directly from this paper by the Monitor Conservation Research Society: “Trade data from the range countries of Thailand and Vietnam and from Indonesia and USA, both non-range countries, revealed 10,841 Black-throated Laughingthrushes in trade, across 762 visits to 51 markets between 1966 and 2019.

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PETA Exposes Horrible Practice of Reptile Skinning

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It takes place in Indonesia. Tags: reptiles indonesia lizards crocodile endangered species. The skins are being used for handbags and other products. This link has a horrible photo and a worse video. Just warning you.

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Avian Quiz – April 15, 2011

10,000 Birds

And another list shows 6 endemics and 11 endangered species. 6. On one list, it is the 27th country with the most number of different bird species.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. It may be as simple as trying to hit the big white one.

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