10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2011
Ferruginous Hawks are native to our western short-grass prairies and their diet comprises almost completely of prairie dogs. Well, the ongoing issues of land development, sport shooting, and the rancher’s war on these animals keeps prairie dog populations from ever booming. Not too bad eatin’, huh?
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2018
Of the estimated 500 million cattle in India, only 4% were destined for consumption by humans as meat. The disappearance of vultures has allowed other species such as rat and [stray] dog populations to grow. A vulture’s metabolism is a true “dead-end” for pathogens, but dogs and rats become carriers of the pathogens.
Animal Ethics
JUNE 4, 2009
Cattle might be overproduced because of government subsidies and new markets found for meat. Meat-packing companies might encourage, for example, an increased dog population to take up the slack. Knowing the irrationality of the market on the one hand and the cunning of meat producers on the other, one may well have doubts.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
163 
Let's personalize your content