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Birding Shanghai in July 2023

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Strangely, the author of the study uses this situation as an argument not to ban keeping Hwameis in captivity illegal altogether but rather just to limit the keeping. One of the reasons stated is “the benefits of the people” (not the birds). Hmm, I think I disagree with the author. Hmm, I think I disagree with the author.

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Are Thai Temple Tigers Drugged?

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Some conservationists worry that the tigers living at a Buddhist Temple in Thailand are drugged, but the monks deny it. accuses} the temple of illegally trafficking and mistreating the tigers, allegations that the temple emphatically denies. Tags: tigers thailand. There's a big article at the ABC News site.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

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But every photo is clearly here for a reason, whether to show juvenile plumage or large egg clutches or illegal trapping (many of the images in the Challenges and Conservation chapter are from CABS, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter). My Wryneck, Fang, Thailand, February 2019; copyright © Donna L.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

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” The website www.jwcpheasants.com seems to endorse polygamy for this species despite this being illegal in the USA for other animals such as humans. Hill ranges in eastern Myanmar and western Thailand are also suspected to be the intergradation zone between C. hardwickii and C. hardwickii and C.

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