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Nepal's vulture "restaurants" for endangered birds
PITHAULI, Nepal (Reuters) - In the village of Pithauli, surrounded by ripening mustard fields, a woman hauls a cow carcass on a trolley, drops it in an open field, then runs and hides in a nearby hut as dozens of vultures swoop down. In under half an hour, the carcass has been reduced to picked bones by the dun-colored birds, occasionally squabbling as they feed. The site is one of a handful of ...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:11:56 -0800
Vulture 'restaurants' cater to endangered birds
Nepal has opened vulture "restaurants" to save the birds from extinction — and at the same time help impoverished villages become self-sufficient.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:05:37 -0800
Nepal Residents Feed Endangered Birds at Vulture 'Restaurants'
By Gopal Sharma PITHAULI, Nepal (Reuters) - In the village of Pithauli, surrounded by ripening mustard fields, a woman hauls a cow carcass on a trolley, drops it in an open field, then runs and hides in a nearby hut as dozens of vultures swoop down. [More]
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:19:03 -0800
Cole: Birds 'inches away from being great'
HARRISBURG -- It sure seemed like an inordinate number of Giants fans were filing past today, as Eagles defensive end Trent Cole signed T-shirts for charity and promoted his hunting enterprises in the Lancaster Archery booth at the Eastern Sports and Outdoors Show, the largest such event in North America.
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:54:17 -0800
Angry Birds for babies
A small Seattle-based company hit it big after snagging the first-ever license to make Angry Birds baby products.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:46:22 -0800
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