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Wildlife
Chapter 3Wildlife Wildlife are animals that have not been domesticated by humans. This does not mean that wild animals live without human interference. Humans control, manage, manipulate, use, and kill wildlife for various reasons. Humans tend to think of wild animals in terms of the threat they... Read more |
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game laws
game laws restrictions on the hunting or capture of wild game, whether bird, beast, or fish. After the Norman Conquest (1066), England enacted stringent game laws, known as the Forest Laws, which made hunting the sole privilege of the king and his nobles. Other European feudal states had similar... Read more |
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Kruger National Park
Kruger National Park game reserve, c.8,000 sq mi (20,720 sq km), Limpopo and Mpumalanga, NE South Africa. One of the world's largest wildlife sanctuaries, it has almost every species of game found in southern Africa. In its rivers are found hippopotamuses and crocodiles; everywhere countless... Read more |
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Wildlife Biologist
Wildlife Biologist A career in wildlife biology may consist of conducting research through a university, zoo, or science museum or of working for the government or private corporations. When based out of an academic organization, wildlife biologists dedicate their time to... Read more |
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Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin (1962–2006) was best known for his popular wildlife program Crocodile Hunter. His unbridled enthusiasm for such unlovely creatures as crocodiles, snakes, and spiders earned him a tremendous following, and his... Read more |
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Malindi
Malindi , town, SE Kenya, on the Indian Ocean. It is a beach resort and a commercial center. Probably founded in the 10th cent. by Arab traders, Malindi became an important city-state and a major port. The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama landed there in 1498 and erected a monument that still... Read more |
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Apostle Islands
Apostle Islands group of more than 20 wooded islands, in Lake Superior, off N Wis. Madeline, 13 mi (21 km) long, is the largest island and has the group's only settlement, La Pointe. Noted for their wave-eroded cliffs and abundant wildlife, the islands are visited by tourists and hunters. The... Read more |
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the Fens
the Fens district, E England, a flat lowland, W and S of The Wash. Extending c.70 mi (110 km) from north to south and c.35 mi (60 km) from east to west, it is traversed by numerous streams. The area was originally the largest swampland in England, formed by the silting up of a bay of the North Sea.... Read more |
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Gerald Malcolm Durrell
Gerald Malcolm Durrell British naturalist and conservationist Gerald Malcolm Durrell (1925–1995) devoted his life to the preservation of wild animal species and in 1958 created a wildlife preserve on the Channel Island of Jersey dedicated to scientific research and protect ing... Read more |
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environmentalism
environmentalism movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources , prevention of pollution , and control of land use . The philosophical foundations for environmentalism in the United States were established by Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo... Read more |
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The Green hunt: darting an elephant means getting up close and personal with...
...s historic 1909 safari. The expedition...sent us scurrying up trees and that...another man backs him up with a rifle...next frame comes up, a viewfinder...to interact with wildlife. There's a major...fifteenth-generation ... |
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GETTING UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.(Life)
...all about getting up|close. "Once...people have personal interactions...deeply, about wildlife," says...love with South Africa 21...barrier for the wildlife. Now, many...badgers and African ... |
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travel: Walk on the wild side... 5-star style; Will Batchelor gets up close...
...Crag, at South Africa...bushveld close to Port Elizabeth...traditional African thatched...tented rooms. Getting there isn...might get a closer look than...place to spot wildlife, including...way to spot ... |
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A lie-in or a lion, Big Man? Kay Burley finally finds a way to awe her...
...through the African bush in search...Bruce, our South African bush...that the safari would work...spruce-up, we left...wallpaper? Getting up close and personal with ... |
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GLOCK ON SAFARI.
...Glock on Safari. Each daybreak...River in South Africa brought...basting the African veldt around...airport in South Africa...were locked up and loaded...include a close range encounter...the ... |
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Rude elephants steal show
...one IMAX wildlife documentary...adventure: African/Antarctic...Adventure: Safari/Journey...reeds.) Getting an unseemly...fetching South African zoologist...safari with wildlife ... |
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TRAVEL: MINNIE BREAK; Camping, Disney and a wheelchair safari.(Features)
...can pick up a good fly...which is close to the Orlando...to go on safari. Do you...now geared up for disabled...practicalities of getting out into...to see the wildlife are not too...Land Rover. South ... |
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A lie-in or a lion, Big Man? TV news anchor Kay Burley coaxes her...
...through the African bush in search...Alexander, our South African bush...that the safari would work...spruce-up, we left...wallpapers? GETTING up close and personal with ... |
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Brave the wild things in South Africa's wildlife parks.
...arrived in our safari camp under...quilt of South African skies. With...there lit up like McNuggets...rangers on the South African game...rangers in getting you up close, ... |
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Brave the wild things in South Africa's wildlife parks.(Knight Ridder...
...arrived in our safari camp under...quilt of South African skies. With...there lit up like McNuggets...rangers on the South African game...rangers in getting you up close, ... |