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Animal Cruelty Database at Pet-Abuse.com

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You can search for all kinds of crimes against animals in the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Spain. Tags: canada australia animal abuse UK new zealand us. There are 14,436 cases in the animal abuse database. Great research tool. Amazing work.

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Purple Swamphen: Supertramp or superspecies?

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The colorful Purple Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) lives in wetlands from Portugal and Senegal all the way east to New Zealand and the Samoan Islands, and a feral population is now well established in Florida. European or Western Swamphen ( Porphyrio porphyrio ) in Spain by Ferran Pestaña.

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Collaborative List – July 2019

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During July, 11 beats birded 11 countries (USA, UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Japan, UAE, Mexico, China and Saudi Arabia) and submitted 82 checklists. New Zealand Kaka – Nestor meridionalis. They accounted for 562 species at this sluggish time of year. These are the numbers. 05 Jul 2019.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. On a beach in New Zealand, a dolphin came to the rescue of two pygmy sperm whales stranded behind a sand bar. After a waterfall display the performer may sit on a rock, his eyes following the falling water. Shirley and Jenny: Remembering Friends.

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Tongatapu and ‘Eua; Birding Southern Tonga

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These medium sized parrots, related to the rosellas of Australia and kakariki of New Zealand, are endemic to Fiji but were so valued for their feathers that they were introduced to Tonga before Cook arrived. They are quite wary but stunningly beautiful if you can get a look at them.

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