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European Union Farming Policies Wiping Out Birds

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Familiar birds across the European countryside are suffering precipitous declines. Numbers of linnets, turtle doves and lapwings have crashed as a result… …These losses were described as shocking by the scheme’s chairman, Richard Gregory.

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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" However, various lines of scientific & behavioral research show that reptiles not only feel pain & experience stress the same way mammals & birds do, but that they are also likely capable of a range of emotions including anxiety, distress, excitement, fear, frustration, pain, stress, and suffering.

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Galápagos: A Natural History, Second Edition–A Book Review

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The photographic quality ranges from very good to exceptional, and though the point of photographs in a book like this is to communicate information, I think the excellence of some of Loughlin’s photography suffers from the number of images packed into the book. I also think there are chapters where the photographs crowd out the text.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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They’d also have to pay for every aspect of care the injured bird requires, as well as the emotional suffering of the wildlife rehabilitator!”. I’d like all box turtles fitted with an electroshock mechanism that zaps anyone who picks it up to take it home or relocates it to a ‘better’ habitat,” wrote Erin in New York.

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Pelican Lake (Greece): Magic Revisited

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Magical“ is one of those words that suffer from overuse and I usually avoid it – but in this case, I cannot think of a better description. Near Kerkini village, I find a mixed flock of Collared and Turtle Doves on the wires. His answer was, this site is already dry, that one may not be too bad, but the Kerkini is always good.

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Diabolical Avian ID Quiz: From A to Z in Queens

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As always, you are reminded that if you take the time to look at this post YOU MUST SHARE YOUR BEST GUESSES or you will suffer from broken optics, missed life birds, and the clap. Without further ado here are the three images.

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The Darwinian Chick

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Baby turtles and crocodiles are born as miniature versions of adults. Sure, turtles and crocs are tiny and vulnerable and most of them get eaten by monitor lizards, seagulls, big fish, or other predators. I suspect they CAN do this but just refuse to in order to steal parental investment, which is, after all, a very valuable resources.

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