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Cow Birds

10,000 Birds

It didn’t take much imagination to name Cowbirds or Cattle Egrets or Cattle Tyrants , but there’s more fantasy, even more wit, involved in the naming of other bovine birds. They’re all named for livestock. The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads.

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Agriculture Fears Possible "Cow Tax"

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The proposal was one of several drafted after a 2007 Supreme Court ruling found that greenhouse gases the animals emit through flatulence or belching amounts to air pollution. It would require farms or ranches with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs to pay an annual fee of about $175 for each dairy cow, $87.50

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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Carnivores killed less than 1% of cattle (0.18%) and approximately 3% of sheep produced in the U.S.; • Out of Step with American Values - Americans value wildlife and abhor animal cruelty. The aerial gunning program has killed at least 10 agents and injured 28 more.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

18): As a microbiologist, I know that study after study has highlighted the human health threat from using antibiotics as feed additives for hogs, chickens and cattle, creating super-bugs—bacteria that no longer can be treated with antibiotics. To the Editor: Re “ Antibiotic Runoff ” (editorial, Sept.

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The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution – A Review by a Sometime Jersey Birder

10,000 Birds

That Cattle Egret I found in Somerset County, August 2009? Eastern Kingbird is a common and widespread summer resident, and a common fall and fairly common spring migrant. Used in conjunction with the species distribution maps, this is a helpful feature in evaluating field observations. A scarce and very local summer resident in Salem County.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

They are often crammed into trucks built for cattle and pigs and subjected to starvation, exposure and abuse. John Spratt Washington, March 6, 2007 Many of these horses have been stolen or were surrendered to buyers who promised to care for them but who sell them to slaughter instead. Senator) Mary Landrieu (Rep.) Ed Whitfield (Rep.)

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Andrew Kimbrell Executive Director Center for Food Safety Washington, June 29, 2007 To the Editor: Henry I. June 29, 2007 To the Editor: Henry I. June 29, 2007 The writer, a consultant, was vice president for agriculture of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a trade group, from 1997 to 2005. Val Giddings Silver Spring, Md.,