Critter News

MARCH 31, 2009

The most famous example of military dogs is the Vietnam dogs who faithfully served American soldiers and then were abandoned to unknown fates after we left the country. But the grand tradition continues in Iraq and Afghanistan. If humans insist on wars and invasions, we should keep them to ourselves and leave other species out of it.

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Iraq Afghanistan Dogs Vietnam 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

Additional back of the book material includes a Glossary, Biographical Details, a Select Bibliography, Notes, Credits, an Index to Species and a General Index. Cocker writes about the species within each family with a literary specificity softened by a tone of conversational patience. Larks, for example.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

government (Johnson had worked in Iraq for USAID, where he learned about his friends and colleagues problems first-hand). In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum. The Flame Bowerbird, for example. Mostly adult males. Photograph used in image section of The Feather Thief.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 103

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Most of the people debating this issue are for conservation, they are against wild areas being destroyed and wild species being threatened with extinction. Having decided to conserve species and save them from extinction, how do you go about doing it? There’s something missing, however, the how.

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Tigers Hunting Game Protection 172

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MARCH 2, 2023

Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. No surprise then that the species is listed as Vulnerable. But then, sanity (or maybe respect for you, the reader) prevailed. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai.

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