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Wild Horses Adopted Under a Federal Program Are Going to Slaughter: "Records show that some people who are paid $1,000 a head by the government to give legally protected mustangs 'good homes' are sending the horses to auction once they get the money." [United States of America]

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!

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From Today's New York Times

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It also provides money to help farmers adopt alternative approaches to preventing illness among their herds, like cleaner housing and natural supplements. Slaughter Member of Congress, 28th District, New York Washington, Sept. To address this problem, I have introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (H.R.

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

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” (I love that term, and may adopt it for future use.) Still, I can’t help thinking that there is some parallel between the mass slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon in 19th-century North America and the mass slaughter of songbirds in southern European countries today. It is the vision that counts!(To

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