10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Written in a friendly, inclusive style quietly grounded in science, How to Know the Birds is an excellent addition to the growing list of birding essay books by talented birder/writers like Pete Dunne and Kenn Kaufman. He received a B.A. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University and a Ph.D.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 8, 2008

It is our job as advocates for animals to promote the ethical and scientific arguments that advance science without harming animals—within the parameters of a democratic process in which the truth, not violence, prevails. 5, 2008 Note from KBJ: Well put!

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School. Sarah Palin of Alaska—that the Fish and Wildlife Service should not list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because science doesn’t support doing so—doesn’t persuade. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

All those who care about proper nutrition must look at the developing science, which may suggest that diet should be customized: some may need to decrease their consumption of grains and increase their consumption of meat. 27, 2008 To the Editor: “Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler” was misguided. 27, 2008 The writer is a pig farmer.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 28, 2008

Davis, an emeritus professor of animal science at Oregon State University, says the horses “damage” the environment. July 23, 2008 Faced with budgetary constraints, however, it might put to death some of the 30,000 horses it is holding—a herd as big as the community of free horses still roaming the West. You report that Steven L.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released a report in 2008 that detailed exactly how much these “efficiencies” are costing America. The meat industry loves to squeal that “the cost of bacon will rise” whenever it’s faced with pressure to change. JILLIAN PARRY FRY Baltimore, Feb.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 11, 2008

You also note that “counting deer is an imprecise science” and that an aerial survey is expensive, “but some believe it yields the most accurate count.” May 5, 2008 Grid searches are the best, although that would require patience and commitment, which seem in short supply in Essex County. DiVincenzo Jr., the county executive.

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