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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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In addition to killing birds of prey, brodifacoum has also killed coyotes, grey foxes, red foxes, kit foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, Pacific fishers, and other animals, including domestic dogs and cats. In fact, “Hawk” is being used against hawks, just indirectly. And their pest control services are free.

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Linkwood Distillery: 15 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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For starters, the official national animal is the unicorn, a fairy-tale beast chosen by Scottish royalty in the Middle Ages for its reputation as the natural enemy of the lion, the adopted mascot of English kings.

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Big Cat Week 2012 Starts Sunday!

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A few facts that might surprise you: · Africa’s lion population has declined by more than 90 percent in the last 50 years. These big cats are a species under constant threat from poachers and farmers who fear that the leopards are attacking their livestock. There are now more tigers living in captivity than in the wild.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa). Their fragile homes, meager belongings and scant livestock attested to this, and yet the people seemed content with their lot in life. Yellow-billed Stork.

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Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

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Many refuges in this part of the state, like Malheur refuge, Summer Lake Refuge, and Tule lake Refuge all get the lion’s share of acclaim, and publicity, and deservedly so. Home to over 200 species, this amazing area is quite susceptible to the amount of rainfall each year.

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The Geladas of Ethiopia

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This was the local name meaning “ugly” used for these primates by the people of the Gonder area in northern Ethiopia when the German naturalist Rüppell “discovered” this species for science in the 1830’s. Competition with domestic livestock has restricted some Gelada bands to poorer foraging on steep slopes. Photo by Adam Riley.

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We Cannot Allow This Administration’s Environmental Policies To Stand

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Home to over 400 species of birds, 450 types of native plants, half of the U.S. species of butterflies, and many endangered, threatened or candidate species to be listed under the Endangered Species Act.” ” We have been fighting the Sagebrush Rebellion for years now. The list goes on and on.