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Good News?

10,000 Birds

New York City killed less Canada Geese this year than any year since they started rounding the geese up and slaughtering them. The cullings have happened every year since the 2009 emergency landing of a US Airways plane in the Hudson River after the plane struck geese and was disabled.

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Can Birds Be Safe? If Only.

10,000 Birds

Another product has been invented that could cut down on the number of wild birds killed by domestic cats. Birdsbesafe was invented in 2009, has a website filled with testimonials, and has received high praise from St. The testimonials all credit Birdsbesafe with reducing the number of birds killed by pet cats.

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Dog Death Squads in China

4 The Love Of Animals

I can’t even imagine being in a position where my government was telling me to kill my dog, or have it beaten to death. Dog owners in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province, are even being told to kill their own dogs, or else their dogs will be beaten to death by the police and the owners will be charged a fine. Thank you, Fred.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

When I was asked if I wanted to read Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS (Rodale 2009) I was ambivalent. And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. Corwin tells the story of the Maasai of Kenya, whose culture involved disdain for and slaughter of lions.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

April 9, 2009 To the Editor: In making the personal decision of where to place ourselves in our ethical relationship with animals, it is important to evaluate the reality of our words. If human beings were confined, mutilated and killed, would we call it “humane” if the cages were a few inches bigger, the knife sharper, the death faster?

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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

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. -- if you'd like assistance or more information. Thanks and best wishes! Many say you can’t eat meat and be an environmentalist.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

22, 2009 The writer teaches philosophy at Southern Methodist University and is the author of the forthcoming “ Animalkind: What We Owe to Animals.” To the Editor: Soon after I read Gary Steiner’s article, my wife asked me to kill a spider, which I did. 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan. Jean Kazez Dallas, Nov.