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Russia Bans Canadian Seal Imports!

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But I'm not exactly sure why RUSSIA would ban them. Apparently, some claim about 90 percent of Canadian sales are to Russia. Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. Russia has been the biggest market for the Canadian seal fur industry. Great news!

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Customs Officials Meet to Discuss China/Russia Smuggling

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From TRAFFIC, Customs officers from Russia and China met last week to strengthen international co-operation in tackling cross-border smuggling of Tigers and other wildlife products. Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife trafficking tigers china russia.

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From Russia With Birds: The World’s Biggest Owl, “Zombie” Pigeons

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Today’s post includes two such stories, brought all the way to you from Russia. In the hardcore “news” department, scientists from the United States and Russia have managed a successful study of the foraging and nesting habits of Blakiston’s Fish Owl , the largest owl on the planet and one of the rarest.

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The Siberian Rubythroat

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Birds breeding in mainland East Russia migrate through mainland China and spend the winter in South-East Asia, while birds ringed in Japan and easternmost Russia were mainly found wintering in Taiwan and the Philippines ( source ). So better not let a rubythroat bite you. .

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Birding Russia on the Fly

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Petersburg, Russia. Trips Europe Russia' Between finishing one graduate program and beginning another, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of Europe. Of course, birding was on the itinerary! First was an awesome stay in Iceland. Here’s his second stop: Our second destination after Iceland was St. We took the 5-hour night flight to St.

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Jaguar VS Bengal Tiger:who would win?

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Jaguars are big cats that live in South America,meanwhile the bengal tigers are living of course in bangladesh,also russia and kazahkstan.So who would win in a fight between these 2 fearsome cats? Jaguars are stronger and have a stronger bite force. verdict:Jaguar,75-90% mainly because of its great strength and immese bite force.Ok

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Top 10 Rarest Big Cats ( Pantherines , Acinoyx and Puma )

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