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What is the State Bird of Louisiana?

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These dives – for small schooling fish – can begin at a height of 65 feet , and after they have made their catch they must let the water slowly drain from their bills. In 1961 they stopped breeding in Louisiana and a few years later disappeared altogether, prompting the legislature to name them the state bird in 1966.

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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

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March 2009 Contact: David Cantor, 215-886-7721 or RPA4all@aol.com Arriving at all 50 states’ governors’ offices in mid-March, a special request: Get our land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry. . _ Press Release Governors: Stop Ecodestructive University Training!