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Everything new is Old (World) again

10,000 Birds

Some of my readers may recall that my wife and I went to Spain a few months ago. The stewardess tells him, “I’m sorry, sir, but your pet will have to go below with the luggage, in a pet cage.” That was a work trip, although I still managed to find a few mornings to bird. He’s a Carri-on Crow.”

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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. There are 14,436 cases in the animal abuse database. Great research tool. Amazing work.

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Mexican Senators Look at Banning Bullfights

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Several groups, including Spain's Plataforma Prou, the Mexican Association for Animal Rights, or Amedea, and the Proyecto Proteccion Animal, have been consulted on the bill, Moreno said.

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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But it is most probable that the birds are released or escaped pets. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. There is the usual anecdote that they escaped from an airport shipment, which sort of makes sense, since Fort Tilden is not that far from Kennedy Airport. The answer lies in the nests.

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Africa’s endangered species

10,000 Birds

This species prefers wetlands and its numbers have been decimated due to a combination of habitat destruction caused by human population growth and illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild for the pet and zoo trade. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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What happened with Archaeopteryx?

10,000 Birds

You and your colleagues are experts on the history of France, Poland, Spain, all those European countries. Imagine you study history. This and other traits (such as feathers and bipedality) evolved in the common ancestor of a huge category of dinosaurs that happens to include birds.

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