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On "Food Inc."

Animal Person

Film is a visual medium and through direction, dialogue, editing, music and any effects, the filmmaker presents (in this case) his agenda. We also know that many companies with admirable business practices have been bought by colossal corporations (e.g.,

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

Hunters and groups like the NRA consistently leverage the power of Duck Stamp funding to promote hunter-friendly agendas (such as expansion of hunting rights on refuges) sometimes overriding the voices of non-hunters whose wildlife considerations are often different yet equally valid. The Wild Duck Chase.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Only then will these companies “do the right thing,” if only to ensure their continued survival. But for more than 20 years, consumer groups led by Public Citizen have worked to scare the public about food irradiation and threatened to boycott companies that market irradiated products. Starting today, I’m no longer eating ground beef.

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Wildlife and Life Celebrations

10,000 Birds

Name-calling and charges of agenda-promoting ensued. Link it (if possible) to balloon company and funeral home sites, which both push balloon releases, so it pops up whenever either is accessed. It’s over; the balloons all went up between 4:15 and 4:30 on a Monday. No one knows how many. Need something quick?

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Always Question a Scientist

Critter News

This statement is mainly motivated by a recent conversation with someone who has a science degree (I think it's biology), but who actually works for a clinical testing company. And those scientists are humans with the same motivations and agendas as any other human. She's always talking about Darwin and DNA testing.)

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