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A “Thank You” is All You Need

10,000 Birds

By Greek law enforcement officers, I had already been taken for a spy. Over a few obstacles, we follow the dirt track into an abandoned and overgrown claypit. Yet, Starlings cannot dig and are happy to use abandoned cavities. Birders are utterly suspicious characters. The other day, I came at 5.40

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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. That's because of a little-known state law that requires government-run pounds to turn animals over to researchers if asked. From the AP.

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Unexpected Farm Animal Deal in Ohio

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Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov.

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Greater Sage-grouse v. Wind Turbines in Oregon

10,000 Birds

NEPA is a federal law that requires agencies to follow certain procedures before commencing a project. The consequence is that the project will either be delayed or abandoned, as it appears that BLM will have to conduct a thorough winter grouse analysis at the site if the project is to move forward.

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Germany’s Great Bustards and how to see them

10,000 Birds

Walk to a small abandoned farm and keep on along the track, crossing a small canal via a small bridge (don’t worry about the gate) just after the farm. This is prohibited under German nature conservation laws and a moral no-go. Follow the track through a gap in the pine tree plantation and immediately turn right.

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"Animal Rights Terrorism"

Animal Ethics

Their only tool is the law of noncontradiction, which says that no proposition can be both true and false. If I can show you that one of your moral principles entails that it's wrong to eat meat, then, to avoid contradiction, you must either abandon the principle or abstain from meat. Philosophers are trained to do this.

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City of Albuquerque Being Sued for Trap-Neuter-Release Program

10,000 Birds

From the American Bird Conservancy : The mayor of Albuquerque and the director of the city’s animal welfare department have been named in a lawsuit alleging that the officials have committed animal cruelty by allowing certain illegal and improper animal management practices to occur related to abandonment of stray cats.