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Montana Passes Horse Slaughterhouse Protection Measure

Critter News

Montana has passed a law making it difficult to challenge the building of a horse slaughtering facility in that state. The last such facility in the US closed in 2007. That's right, so anyone that that challenges the building of such a facility will have to have a bond at 20% of the value of said facility.

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

Animal Person

I'm excited to be a blogger for Animal Rights Zone because its target market is people who don't usually subscribe to blogs. You can search Animal Person's content (posted on AR Zone) using the search box on the right, under the AR Zone badge. Today is the launch of. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts. More >> Animals.

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It's Back! The Horror of Horse Slaughter in DeKalb

Animal Ethics

Think of your favorite horror film: A brutal ruthless killer is on the loose, slashing hapless innocent victims to death right and left. that slaughters horses for human consumption. Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., One can't kill horses for human consumption within the U.S.,

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The Problem with Weight is NOT Losing It

4 The Love Of Animals

In 2007 – at age 50 – I realized that the answer was right in front of me. I weighed 165 pounds on December 29th 2007. Her animal training experience includes working with dogs, cats, horses, llamas, alpacas and camels. I lost 30 to 40 pounds at least eight times, and 5 to 10 pounds too many times to remember.

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Cow Birds

10,000 Birds

Now a Senior Leader with WINGS, Rick was a department editor at Birding from 2004 to 2008, editor of Winging It from 2005 to 2007 and currently writes Aimophila Adventures. Wicked, right? The naming of the hornbill family is a bit farther fetched. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Gulls Simplified: A Gull Book Review

10,000 Birds

You could say that the right-brain, the part of the brain that is intuitive and creative, goes first, and the left-brain, where the logic resides, comes in second to refine and substantiate the initial impression. Five species are grouped in a chapter titled (4) Dark Horse Gulls (Rare or Unlikely Gulls).