10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature. The sections are also labeled according to the months of the year, the idea being that the book will take us through a year of birding.

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Birds North America Breeding America 115

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

It also offers an equally harsh negative judgment of the federal authorities whose mandate is to protect the integrity of the public’s food supply chain but who have chosen to interpret this responsibility so lightly as to let such claims stand while ignoring repeated offenses by the industry. 4): Your article about E.

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New York Times New York Hamburgers Meat Industry 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

They’re about protecting a system that produces cheap food. FEDELE BAUCCIO Chief Executive, Bon Appétit Management Company Palo Alto, Calif., BOBBIE MULLINS Norfolk, Va., 21, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst’s observations about happy pigs and unhappy farmers aren’t about the well-being of either. That sounds like a win-win to us.

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New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

To find out more of what the meat industry and pharmaceutical companies don't want you to know, read this Associated Press column by Margie Mason and Martha Mendoza. Protect your own health and the future effectiveness of antibiotics: Go vegetarian in 2010! Drug-resistant infections are by no means rare.

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Meat Meat Industry Farm Animal Farmed Animals 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 29, 2009

Keith, Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal protection organization, is extremely close to reaching our goal of collecting 10,000 signatures on our "Truth Behind Labels" petition to the USDA to tell them their "naturally raised" label is not natural. We're currently at 9,556 signatures—96% of the way there!

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

They are also endangered by a loss of habitat, as energy companies encroach on more and more of their territory for oil and gas operations. Instead, it simply seeks to protect bears in the absence of a better national approach to climate change. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan. James Tierney Brookline, Mass., 2 editorial pointed out.

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New York Times Polar Bears New York Bears 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 29, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Thinning Yellowstone’s Bison Herd ” (news article, March 23): Yellowstone National Park bison, executed when they migrate outside the boundaries of the park, have plenty of company. Migratory birds protect forests and crops from insect pests; butterflies, bats and other migratory species are important pollinators.

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New York Times New York United States illegal 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 10, 2010

The United States Department of Agriculture has been broken for a long time, and it is clear that it cannot protect the American public from illness and death from contaminated meat products. Instead of allowing companies to find ways to turn food a dog might reject into cheap human food, shouldn’t the U.S.D.A.

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New York Times New York Hamburgers United States 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

21, 2008 To the Editor: The biggest beef recall ever is something that would be expected as our food industry becomes more consolidated into larger and larger processing companies. The federal government needs to recommit itself to putting boots on the ground in America and elsewhere to inspect and protect our food supply. 21, 2008

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New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Consider Victoria's Secret, a company who makes much of its money by exposing women's breasts. However, 12 states, namely, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and Wisconsin [Imagine, The Dairy State doesn't protect a woman's right to nurse!],

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Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40