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US Government Continues Subsidizing Meat Industry

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Too bad it continues under Vilsack and Obama. Pork farmers have been losing an average of $20 on each hog marketed since October 2007, according to the U.S. I also have problems with subsidies to big agribusiness. It's just another bailout, but nothing new. We've been propping these guys up for decades. million of walnuts.

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Endangered Species Act: Delisting the Black-capped Vireo?

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If your perception is tinted by politics, note that FWS proposed delisting during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration.). FWS issued a recovery plan in 1991 and a five-year review that proposed downlisting to “threatened” in 2007.

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Bird Litigation: Sonoran Desert Bald Eagle

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Due in part to the banning of DDT, the eagle population recovered and was delisted in 2007, when there were more than 10,000 breeding pairs. (The Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.). Note that all Bald Eagles are protected by both the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The opinions: Ctr.

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

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More >> Category. More >> Players. New York Times. More >> Places. Kazakhstan. New York City. More >> Year. The number next to each changes with the popularity of the terms (for each blog).

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We Interrupt Regularly Scheduled.

Animal Person

We interrupt regularly scheduled deconstructing, editorializing, commenting and ranting to bring you a letter from John Perkins : Dear Friends Speaking of Democracy, Honduras, and President Obama. In writing my new book Hoodwinked (Random House, Nov 2009 publication date), I recently visited Central America.

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. of Wildlife Services , which is involved in mainly predator control programs (coyotes are a big target). Ranchers oppose the move. The aerial gunning program has killed at least 10 agents and injured 28 more.

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