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Welcome Back Waterfowl at Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge

10,000 Birds

As we headed back outside and picked out the quail and American Tree and Song Sparrows around the parking lot area, I discovered a new, mammalian focus of my interest — the Columbian ground squirrel, a charismatic little rodent with white eyeliner, a red nose, and a surprising degree of self-confidence for prey.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

He's right with his implication that stopping the seizing of pets and strays simply created a more efficient, effective means of commodifying and torturing dogs and cats. We regularly subject rodents to pain, starvation, solitary confinement, and grotesque disfigurement. But the question is how can we properly address that?