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Birding Shanghai in October 2023

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The Yellow-bellied Tit suffers a bit less from such jokes. The Grey Nightjar is not really affected by real estate prices (always an important topic in China) as it does not build a nest – the eggs are simply laid on leaf litter or bare ground. But fortunately, I also found the real thing this month – always worth seeing.

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Birding Gunung Gede on a weekend without suffering a mental break-down, part 1

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At first I was really irritated by the crowds, by their noise and to some extend their littering. These groups will be much more noisy, often listening to their radios, singing and shouting to each other. However, the following mental strategies helped greatly in learning to enjoy the nature experience nonetheless: 1.

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Endangered Malayan Tiger Cubs Born at Busch Gardens Tampa

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The litter consists of two males and one female. One of the male cubs is suffering from anemia and has developed a rare but benign skin condition that also occurs in both wild and domestic felines. Three endangered Malayan tiger cubs were born at Busch Gardens Tampa Sunday, March 31. Malayan tigers are critically endangered.

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Nothing Funny About Cat Cruelty

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However, while we all enjoy a chuckle at that funny cat image, it is easy to forget that out there in the real world many cats are suffering at the hands of cruel owners. Not only do these poor cats suffer physical damage at the hands of their owners, but often they end up emotionally scarred as well. Hiding, often for days on end.

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Kermie

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Before I could even process his presence and figure out what to do, I heard the scrapes of Emily’s paws on her litter box in the guest room bathroom. As I skulked around my own house, all I could picture was Emily tearing Kermie limb from limb, then suffering a grisly death from ingesting the poison that ran through Kermie’s froggy veins.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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to live out their lives in peace, absent the abuse they had suffered in the entertainment industry. Tika and her longtime mate, Kobuk, had raised eight litters of puppies together and were enjoying their retirement years in the home of my friend, Anne. They were brought separately to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn.,

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