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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

Consider this: Every month, it takes $12 billion to fund America's involvement in the Iraq War. Corwin tells the story of the Maasai of Kenya, whose culture involved disdain for and slaughter of lions. "What does the future hold for the members of the Hundred Heartbeat Club?

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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. The universality of people’s love of thrushes in their gardens is illustrated by three stories from people living in Kenya (Olive Thrush), Canada (American Robin), and England (Common Blackbird). Eagles are national symbols of the U.S.,

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