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Nyala, Southern Africa’s Stunning Antelope

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By this I mean applying the term antelope to cover all of the family Bovidae, which would include the sheep, goats and ox. It isn’t just tourists and game hunters that like them though; Painted Wolves are also big fans, as they are easier to bring down than the larger species but have more meat to eat than a small duiker.

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Dog Collars

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“Normal” collars– Most dog collars are used to dress up the family pet and to identify it to strangers who may come into contact with the animal. A sheep dog or other herding animal’s primary duty is to guard the flock against the designs of other carnivores. Here are the most common types of collars.

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The Famous Grouse: Smoky Black Blended Scotch Whisky

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Admiring Nature in her wildest grace, These northern scenes with weary feet I trace; O’er many a winding dale and painful steep, Th’ abodes of covey’d grouse and timid sheep…. Sheep may timidly graze but these Black Grouse are another matter altogether.

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A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

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it’s organized by season and approaches nature as an exciting game of observation and documentation, with scavenger hunts thrown in for good measure. It’s an excellent resource for family and child-learning adventures. So, now we have four guides to nature for children and families. Like I Love Birds!,

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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

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Let the games begin. We don't really get an answer for that one, but we do get to the real question, which Scott alludes to in graph #3: "So how do we bridge the gap between maximizing profit at the expense of an animal’s expression of its natural tendencies and treating livestock as we would the family cat?"

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