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| | Austrian Press & Information Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | Austrian wildlife is characteristic of central Europe: red deer, roe deer, hare, fox, badger, marten, squirrel, pheasant, partridge, etc. Typical Alpine fauna such as chamois, marmot and the Alpine cough are to be found in the mountainous regions, and the ibex is also breeding here again. |
 | | According to Austrian law ("law on the religious education of children"), every young person over the age of fourteen can freely choose his or her religion. |
 | | Religious education in Austrian schools is not restricted to the Roman Catholic confession: children belonging to smaller churches and religious communities receive religions education in their own confession. |
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