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wildlife

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Animals, plants, and fungi, not normally domesticated, often to the exclusion of plants, fungi, fish, insects and other invertebrates, and microscopic plants and animals; hence:
This town offers wildlife tours where you can go and watch the bears, deer, wild rabbits and other creatures in their natural habitats.
(in particular) Wild animals (especially to the exclusion of fish).

(slang) Members of a college fraternity

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I feel like I'm nothing without wildlife. They are the stars. I feel awkward without them. Bindi Irwin

A profession is a body of men who voluntarily measure their work by a higher standard than their clients demand. To be professionally acceptable, a policy must be sound as well as salable. Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession. Aldo Leopold

All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization. Gerald Durrell

A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact. Aldo Leopold

Opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling is bad public policy that has no place in the budget process,. The Budget Committee needs to leave drilling in the Arctic Refuge behind and focus on crafting this year's budget package. Russ Feingold

Born a wildlife warrior, die a wildlife warrior. Steve Irwin

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