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The University of Puerto Rico, an "1862" LGU founded in 1900, operates a slaughter facility killing small ruminants -- typically goats and sheep, cattle being large ruminants. Ruminants are four-footed, hoofed, even-toed, cud-chewing mammals with four stomachs.

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

10,000 Birds

When there are no animals around to sit on, Cattle Egrets sometimes sit on trees, even though they frequently b h about the trees’ low speed and inability to stir up insects. When Cattle Egrets go to the local discotheque, they tend to overdo their makeup a bit. It is sometimes necessary to find food though.

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An Affront to the Idea of Family

Animal Person

Of course, you're supposed to hop onto the following train of thought: These are good people. And they certainly wouldn't hurt anybody; that's what those big factory farms do that aren't owned by families. Just ask former cattle rancher Howard Lyman , who is now a vegan and animal rights activist. There are children.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Even “factory” agriculture has its limits. And it is not just at the slaughterhouses but at the factory farms where these animals are tortured from the very beginning of their lives to the horrible end. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Indeed, we have not come far from Upton Sinclair’s “ Jungle.” I think most would, enthusiastically.