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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. times more efficient in its foraging if there were cows around. But maybe that is actually a good thing. I am not sure whether it is ok to use the word “slut” My guess is it is not).

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Farm Sanctuary needs help.

4 The Love Of Animals

Farm Sanctuary recently came to the aid of six male Holstein calves, several just days old, who had been abandoned without food or water and left for dead. When their shelters are full, they depend on compassionate people who want to make a direct difference for a suffering cow, pig, chicken or other farm animal.

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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

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” How is it that a little-known organization of extremists (even PETA does not oppose trap-and-euthanize because they recognize it is often less cruel than TNR) with an annual budget of about $5 million could cow a nationally recognized, respected, conservation organization that had over $300 million in assets in 2010? Pretty standard.

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On Compassionate Carnivores and Betrayal

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It's impersonal and hideously ugly and the animals suffer greatly. I wouldn't do it to a dog, and I shouldn't do it to a chicken/sheep/cow/pig. A violation of trust or confidence, an abandonment of something committed to one's charge. It's cruel. There's no "compassion" in the process. No argument here. It's just not right.