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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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Rather more are killed in collisions with cars. A Spanish Ibex photographed in Spain’s Sierra de Grazelema Natural Park According to my mammal guide, there are two species of chamois in Europe, the Pyrenean Chamois (which also occurs in Central Italy), and the Alpine Chamois.

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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

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And on their way south, they reach the killing fields of northern Serbia ( Newsweek on poaching in the Balkans ). The cargo was meant to be sold as delicacies to restaurants in Italy. But by then, all surviving Turtle Doves are already in Africa, and those less fortunate await in deep freezers for their final flight to Italy.

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Activists Hit Max Mara Managers in Italy

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All these people represent the top management of Max Mara Fashion Group, they torture and kill animals for profits of their company. Redecorated with paint also the house of the sister Maria Ludovica located in Reggio Emilia.

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Castellare di Castellina: Chianti Classico (2019)

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Shrikes were practicing their own form of butchery – that is, their particular practice of impaling their kills from thorns and barbed wire for later eating – long before we began domesticating and slaughtering livestock on our own.

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Superheroes and the Birds

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9: Swift What would happen if instead of sending the Joker and Lex Luthor off to jail each time Superman and Batman caught them, instead they just killed them? Her powers manifest as wings and, as her name suggests, a pretty loud scream. That’s the premise of the Authority, classic looking superheroes solving problems with ultraviolence.

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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Other areas of New York City where the parakeets were seen in 1970 included the upper East side of Manhattan, Great Kills, Staten Island, Ellis Island and the area around the Statue of Liberty. According to a December 1970 article in the New York Times , there was a flock of 9 to 12 birds in Fort Tilden.

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Grifalco: Aglianico del Vulture “Gricos” (2016)

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But they are also highly-prized for their ruthless and powerful efficiency in killing – medieval illustrations depict them downing cranes and a twentieth-century painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes shows a falconer’s Gyrfalcon inflicting a lethal strike on a Gray Heron ( Ardea cinerea ).

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