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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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This put Coffee in an impossible position - he needed to rehome the pythons because they were illegal in Florida, but the FWC was threatening to face him with additional criminal charges if he did so. This is also present in birds & mammals, however it is not fully present in fish & amphibians.

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I Remember Elephants

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A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. Indeed, the proposal to up-list four southern African populations to Appendix I could well have opened a back door to illegal international trade.”. One may say so. I say they were butchered, face-off.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. The mosaic of wetlands, open water, bottomland forests and prairies provides habitat for numerous mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish and nearly three hundred bird species.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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Presumably, the species also not only eats fruit but also mammals and possibly birds –the HBW specifically mentions the species catching bats emerging from caves at dusk, and feeding them to juveniles. Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.)

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

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Lynx Edicions, the ornithological (and now mammal) publisher that gave us the Handbook of the Birds of the World , has now published Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea , by James A. Eaton, Bas van Balen, Nick W. So, this is no ordinary bird guide. Where is the Indonesian Archipelago?

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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They are large passerines and research has shown them to be an ancient basal offshoot from the passerine tree (at approximately the same time as rockjumpers, were even placed in the same family until quite recently). According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008.

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