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Swarovski Skills Camp, or men and their toys

10,000 Birds

I am still tired from the long drive, but it was great to play with the very best toys for birders, to be able to share experiences and to ask the factory staff all sorts of silly questions. At the end of the 20th century (and before the ELs were born), the factory hired consultants to help it restructure and maximise profits.

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Fear Of The Dark

10,000 Birds

And a few years later, I read of her experience birding with me at one of the larger birding web sites and learned that E. I though her to be a silent type, perhaps tired of flying and jet lag, but it never ever occurred to me that my female guest may be worried when passing closed and abandoned communist era factories. I was nervous.

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The 701 Long-eared Owl of Kikinda

10,000 Birds

Before the owls brought tourists, billboards along the main road proudly called the town “Kikinda – the Tile Capital”, after its tile factory, which is hardly a reason for any tourist to consider visiting the place. Still, irresistibly adorable, nevertheless. Be warned: there is no non-smoking area.).

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Squirrel Buster Wild Bird Feeders: A Review

10,000 Birds

So, I can tell you about my experiences with all three products. Not only does it hold a massive 3 quarts of seed, it is dishwasher safe, weight adjustable, and has a lifetime factory warranty. The three products examined here have 2-year factory warranties and the weights cannot be adjusted.). At least, feeder birds.

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On "Home"

Animal Person

You get the idea at YouTube but the experience is vastly different on a great television. On the animal front, there is definitely a message that factory farming is unsustainable, and that subsistence farming is and was preferable; there is a vague if-we-did-it-differently-it-might-be-sustainable message. But that's me.

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Are We Really a Movement?

Critter News

That's why people say that they have no problem eating them, harvesting them, experimenting on them, etc. Some fight for veganism, some against factory farms, some against experimentation, poaching, habitat encroachment, etc. Humans get all wrapped up in stories of those who can communicate their sufferings. Animals can't do that.

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On Going Vegan

Animal Person

The discussion about the environment usually originates in the massive problems created by the factory farming of sentient nonhumans. The arguments against factory farming, which most recently were articulated by Jonathan Safran Foer (who has caused quite a stir in the mainstream), are legion.

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