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Mare and foal. The Knabstrupper descends from a single Iberian horse mare, "with the stamp of an English hunter type", [9] believed to have originated in Spain who showed qualities of endurance and speed, and was of an unusual colouration: a deep red (German: Zobelfuchs) with a white tail and mane, and white flecks or "snowflakes" over her whole body and brown spots on her back.
A "spoonie" on the breeding grounds in Chukotka, Siberia, June 2015. The spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is a small wader which breeds on the coasts of the Bering Sea and winters in Southeast Asia. This species is highly threatened, and it is said that since the 1970s the breeding population has decreased significantly.
Knabstrup Manor, where the horse breed Knabstrupper was bred, is located two kilometres (1.2 mi) southeast of the town. Knabstrup Teglværk Since 2008, the local environmental collective Makvärket has been working to convert 2,000 m 2 (22,000 sq ft) of the former factory into a center for ecological awareness.
NewsFirst or News 1st is a Sri Lankan news organization owned by the Capital Maharaja Organization Ltd. [1] News 1st primarily broadcasts news, live on three TV channels (Sirasa TV, Shakthi TV, TV 1, five radio channels (Sirasa FM, Yes FM, Shakthi FM, Y FM and Legends FM), three websites in Sinhala, English & Tamil languages, and social media platforms (YouTube, Facebook, Twitter).
Hence, a very small proportion of the farmland is solely devoted to livestock production. In Sri Lanka, livestock sector contributes around 1.2% of the national GDP. Livestock is spread throughout all regions of Sri Lanka with concentrations of certain farming systems in particular areas due to cultural, market and agro-climatic reasons.
She joined the Department of Aquaculture & Fisheries at the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka in 2001. [2] In 2018 she was the National Coordinator for 18th Conference of the Parties of CITES . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 2021, after the submission of a report by Jayakody to Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera , led to the creation of a Highly-Sensitive ...
The great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh into South-east Asia.
Oceanswell is known for the Blue Whale Project [3] which is the first long-term study on blue whales in the Northern Indian Ocean. [4] The project focuses on the conservation of blue whales [5] from threats such as ship strikes.