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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

He has earned his tip. But, in the next year, 2009, only one human was killed by a tiger, leading to a conclusion that all the tigers in the conflict area (practically, the wider reserve buffer zone) have been wiped out. It is a success, despite the heavy burden of poaching and a human-tiger conflict.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

10,000 Birds

Photographs are powerful instruments in sharing the value of species’ existence and increasing the amount of humans who value species such as Snowy Owls. This can also come in the form of crowdsourcing identification tips on unknown birds. Social media has become a major pathway for sharing photographs. 1999, Holt et al.

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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. It holds the large food item at the tip of its bill and throws its head back quickly, swallowing it whole. Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.)