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The slaughter tourism trade in Serbia

10,000 Birds

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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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

10,000 Birds

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. Document WEC257 of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida / IFAS, [link]. ** Pruett-Jones, Stephen, et al.

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