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He says he hunts out of a need to take responsibility for his family, who evidently live where the supermarkets offer no meat. 26, 2011 To the Editor: Seamus McGraw mounts all the standard defenses: I am feeding my family; there are too many deer; I kill as mercifully as possible. May I recommend a trip to a slaughterhouse?

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They’re about protecting a system that produces cheap food. How does the health of a farmer’s family and community figure in when they are making the decision to continue industrialized production methods? BOBBIE MULLINS Norfolk, Va.,

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And you do not acknowledge the individual care that pigs get in such systems and the protection from predators, diseases and the aggression that pigs often exhibit toward each other in group housing. Decisions on how best to house farm animals should be left to the family farmers, like me, who care for their animals every day.

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Back in the olden days of the family farm we never knew about the occurrence of food-related illness because we did not have a way of tracking it. The federal government needs to recommit itself to putting boots on the ground in America and elsewhere to inspect and protect our food supply. Jonathan Spitz Westfield, N.J., 21, 2008

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Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia

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and Colombia respectively, have secured thirteen new conservation easements in Colombia with private landowners that will protect important habitat for the Cerulean Warbler – North America’s fastest declining neotropical migrant songbird. • Explore These Related Posts More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

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Nine-legged Plover?

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More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. The proposal from U.S. The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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