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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. But man cannot live on bread alone, and the homesick settlers wanted more than just game. Rabbits are still an agricultural pest.

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The interesting habits of Harris’s Hawks

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One of these methods is where one bird will fly down thru an arroyo, and spook out the game for its waiting members of the pack. they repeated this several times before getting bored with the game and flew away. They have adapted a form of communal living, to the point of cooperative hunting techniques.

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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

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Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). There is no wind and the habitat is perfect for cottontail rabbits and the much larger jackrabbits (actually hares), the preferred quarry of this group of three birds. “HO!!

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Pet Portraits by Bethany

4 The Love Of Animals

Any type of pet is game, be it dog, cat, horse, ferret, rabbit, etc. The custom portraits are painted in acrylic on a gallery style wrapped canvas. You can choose the color and the amount of texture or flatness of the background. Don’t forget pet portraits make the perfect gift for your friend or family member pet lover.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!). They live for up to 100 years.

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For Your Health, the Planet & the Animals: VBM

Animal Person

And it limits you in that you can't just go anywhere to watch a football game if you plan to eat anything. How do they know what's right? And what are they living their lives for? Also, veganism is expensive, and I'm on a budget. It's all too high maintenance.

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Desi and the Bunnies

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What kid can resist the siren song of bunny rabbits frolicking in the grass? And Desi, being the offspring of two pretty cool people, if I do so say myself, loves chasing him some rabbits. Rabbits practically beg to be chased, with their cuteness and their swiftness and their uncatchability. Why wouldn’t he?

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