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EU Sends Inspectors to Portugal for Farm Animal Welfare

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The inspectors found nothing wrong, but at least they responded to the issues raised by Animal Angels, based in Germany. My 2010 resolution is to try and track animal rights issues in the homelands of Spain and Portugal. Spain is much more advanced than Portugal in this area, but both need improvement (as do we all.).

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Preserve the Priolo: Azores Bullfinch Fundraiser

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The non-profit Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds (SPEA) does not want to see this bullfinch go the way of the dodo, so it is raising funds to maintain the laurisilva or laurel forest this species requires. You gotta love truth in advertising, right? Maybe you’ll even pitch in to preserve the priolo.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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to have and raise children. Share Your Thoughts « Birding Lodges – Part 1 – Paradise in Portugal Audubon Rebrand » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Wicked, right? Do you know of any references for this? yes you, Dawn, coy.

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