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percent for 2009 versus 0.99 11, 2010 To the Editor: I’ve been involved in beef safety research since college, and I don’t recognize the industry you’ve depicted in recent articles. Mandy Carr Johnson Executive Director of Research National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Centennial, Colo., Food safety is the No. 11, 2010

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Peter Singer Geoff Russell Barry Brook Melbourne, Australia, June 6, 2009 The writers are, respectively, a professor of bioethics at Princeton University, an independent researcher in Adelaide, Australia, and professor of climate change at the University of Adelaide.

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What is the National Bird of Honduras?

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These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Last Weekend of November 2009? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. What is the National Bird of Denmark?

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. Is this one of the ornithological highlights on the planet? Licking Clay’ Text and Photographs copyright T.

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