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... wildlife. When a predator kills, there is obviously one less animal. But the loss of an individual may not influence a prey population adversely. Was the killed animal sick, old, or in other ways a surplus individual, soon doomed to die ...
... wildlife. When a predator kills, there is obviously one less animal. But the loss of an individual may not influence a prey population adversely. Was the killed animal sick, old, or in other ways a surplus individual, soon doomed to die ...
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... wildlife in 1928. Recorded history is young in this corner of Africa. Some 5,600 square miles were established as a park in 1940, a huge area stretching from Lake Victoria in the west to the Crater Highlands in the east. The boundaries ...
... wildlife in 1928. Recorded history is young in this corner of Africa. Some 5,600 square miles were established as a park in 1940, a huge area stretching from Lake Victoria in the west to the Crater Highlands in the east. The boundaries ...
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... Wildlife Conservation Department. As a result, not only is a blind eye turned to their activities but they receive valuable assistance and protection from those whose job it is to protect wildlife. Game Guards know that to interfere ...
... Wildlife Conservation Department. As a result, not only is a blind eye turned to their activities but they receive valuable assistance and protection from those whose job it is to protect wildlife. Game Guards know that to interfere ...
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Life in the Pride | 60 |
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