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Week Fourteen: The Center of Australia, and Sydney Part #1

10,000 Birds

This Wedge-tailed Eagle was sitting along side one of the roads, eyeing a small road killed Kangaroo. Many of the birds were being wing tagged and GPS makers as well in order to track their movements. He is one of the nine birds that I saw with wing tags. This Pied Butcherbird was right at the base to Ayres Rock.

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Many Animals Dying in Australian Wildfires

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While the scope of the wildlife devastation was still unclear, it was likely to be enormous, {Jon Rowdon, president of the rescue group Wildlife Victoria} said. Hundreds of burned, stressed and dehydrated animals — including kangaroos, koalas, lizards and birds — have already arrived at shelters across the scorched region.

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Australian Fireman Honored by Animal Rights Activists

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Tree, 44, has been rewarded for his compassion by rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) which gave him its Hero to Animals Award. Tags: wildlife crime natural disaster australia animal rescue wildlife PETA. The fireman who saved Sam the Koala is now an international Youtube star.

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