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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

10,000 Birds

The status of its preferred wetlands throughout the year dictates movements that often results in a nomadic lifestyle. Egg harvesting to sell as food was intensive then, with thousands taken annually from the breeding colonies in Chile. Egg collection for local consumption still continues at lower scale.

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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history, the United Egg Producers (UEP) has agreed to support national legislation that will, upon enactment, improve the welfare of all laying hens in the nation. About Farm Sanctuary Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal protection organization, promotes legislative, policy, and individual lifestyle changes to help farm animals.

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Vegan Goes Mainstream!

Animal Ethics

I had been focused on what I had to give up—sugar, gluten, alcohol, meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese. She is experiencing firsthand the synergistic benefits that come from a vegan lifestyle. On Day 2, Oprah reported: "Wow, wow, wow! I never imagined meatless meals could be so satisfying. What's left?' Apparently a lot.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. One cannot produce eggs or dairy products on a large scale without the wholesale exploitation of animals. Eggs and dairy products also contribute to all the environmental problems listed above.

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

10,000 Birds

With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. Nicole: Glad you liked it! Renato: Wow, these birds are truly cosmopolitan.

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Exploring the relationship between flamingos and grebes: The wonderful birds

10,000 Birds

There is potential behavioral evidence for a relationship too, despite the birds’ very different lifestyles and nesting activities. Modern flamingos build mud nests for a single egg, while modern grebes build nests of vegetation for multiple offspring. In 2012 came an exciting new discovery: a fossilized nest.

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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

10,000 Birds

Males are after a polygamous lifestyle, and will frequently mate with multiple females in a given breeding season…some literature describes this situation as a “harem”, where the female carries out all the nesting duties, there is no real pair bond, and a male has several mates.

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