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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

10,000 Birds

And, Essay #195, “Our Human Values: The Ugly,” describes the standoff between catfish loving Double-crested Cormorants and catfish farmers in the Missouri Valley. I’m not sure if “the Ugly” refers to the cormorant itself or human reaction (catfish farmers are officially allowed to shoot the birds). (In

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

I was also intrigued to read that “in previous studies, researchers showed that humans who had been paralyzed for years could learn to control a cursor on a computer screen with their brain waves.” May 29, 2008 The writer is in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, University of Colorado. Marc Bekoff Boulder, Colo.,

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

Such bills have been introduced in the past by elected officials in Rhode Island, Colorado, and Tennessee, and the first-ever bill for a statewide registry in California was today announced by its sponsor, State Senator Dean Florez. But it’s not just about how animal abusers end up also hurting or killing humans,” said Wells. “It