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Scarlett The Cat: From Homeless To A Hero

4 The Love Of Animals

In 1996 Scarlett saved her five children during the fire and not so long ago, in 2008, she died after a long-term sickness and ensuring consequences of skin burns. Three of them are alive even today and one has died from cancer in the same 2008. Here Scarlett experienced the full recovery and had a good lifetime of 10 years.

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Consider the Chickadee

10,000 Birds

Not for nothing did 10,000 Birds readers elect the chickadee as the Most Beloved Backyard Bird of 2008 ; if we had run elections in other years, chickadees would no doubt have been front-runners. The chickadee that I discovered on the sidewalk was suffering from dehydration and hypothermia.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Anna Lappé Brooklyn, July 31, 2008 The writer is a co-founder of the Small Planet Institute. Since our food is delivered to us on a bun or in big bags of frozen parts, it’s easy to eat it and not think about what it was or how it was killed. Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

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. 20, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst asserts that “production methods should not cause needless suffering,” but the position he takes does just that.

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African Penguins in Peril

10,000 Birds

Remarkably, this growing colony suffered severe losses from a leopard that habitually came down from the mountains to feast on the easy penguin snacks. In recent years on two subsequent December nights, this single leopard killed 65 penguins, only feasting on a small percentage of the carcasses.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animal suffering and human suffering are undeniably interconnected. It should come as no surprise that a facility that profits from tormenting and killing animals would also oppress and abuse humans. July 15, 2008 Since then, the paper has repeatedly reported on the abuse of migrant workers at AgriProcessors.