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KwaZulu-Natal

10,000 Birds

In KwaZulu-Natal he collected the type specimens of Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird , White-eared Barbet , Blue Swallow , Brown Scrub-Robin , Short-tailed Pipit and others species. Rudd’s Apalis is a restricted range species that occurs along the Zululand coastal belt. Image by Hugh Chittenden. Image by Hugh Chittenden.

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We Should Kill More Lions

10,000 Birds

There are times when acting in the conservation interest of a species or ecosystem means that the welfare of specific animals is compromised, which is a fancy way of saying that conservationists sometimes have to kill animals for the greater good. You protect an entire ecosystem that holds 350 bird species.

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