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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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New Zealand has a very odd biota these days. They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. So that New Zealand would end up with quite a few species of animal not originally found here is hardly surprising of itself.

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Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers: Kiwi Rising Double IPL

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I must admit that Jack’s Abby is one of my favorite breweries for its devotion to cool-fermented lager brewing in a craft beer industry dominated by warm-fermented ale production. What Kiwi Rising is named for is its use of the New Zealand harvests of another nonnative crop, the common hop.

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South Dakota Governor Wants Livestock Research Facility

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The summit on genetically engineered animal technologies drew about 200 people from as far as South Korea and New Zealand. He asked industry experts at the conference to give their input on how the center should be developed. Rounds says a biotech facility is important in creating disease-free animals.

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Brewery Ommegang: Short Sleeve Saison

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And in an unforgiving industry, Ommegang has avoided ruinous overexpansion, declining sales, and other common pitfalls of aging craft breweries without resorting to gimmicky attempts at relevance, remaining a steadfast but quietly inventive brewery in this sleepy corner of New York.

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COMMENTS ON COLLECTING BIRDS: A Reply

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While it makes a passing attempt to say not all scientists are like these monstrous fiends (or truly arrogant, as she dubs them) it mostly focuses on these monstrous fiends simply to prove that scientists in wildlife conservation can be monstrous fiends, particularly compared to the environment-loving oil industry of Alaska.

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24 Hours in Bangkok, Bang Poo and Muang Boran

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Also known as the Flyeater, this tiny bird is the only representative of the Australasian warbler family found in mainland Asia, and very similar to my own Grey Warblers in New Zealand, even their songs. Set amongst industrial and residential areas near a busy road, these fishponds are a grassy oasis in the city.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

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This is a very serious business here in New Zealand. New Zealand has been the recipient of a higher than average number of introduced species, in particular a range of mammals from elk to mice. The initial solution in New Zealand was to move species to islands where mammals hadn’t reached.