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Just in Time: Kenn Kaufman’s “A Season on the Wind” — a review

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But best of all — the thing that shows, surely, that he was born under a lucky star, is this: he’s now (as of 2005, when he migrated, permanently, to Ohio) — a Buckeye. The harshest law of all, one more draconian than any human legislature could enact, is the law of unintended consequences. by Kenn Kaufman.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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This could include violence (torture, mutilation, intentional killings, etc.), Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax. Shon Rahrig : While living in Ohio in 1999, Rahrig allegedly adopted several cats and a puppy from local shelters and tortured them sadistically.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing. An abstract from a recent paper in Nature : Anthropogenic threats, such as collisions with man-made structures, vehicles, poisoning and predation by domestic pets, combine to kill billions of wildlife annually.

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NYT Opens the Door to the Humane Myth

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In this morning's New York Times editorial " There Is No 'Humane' Execution ," we have an imperfect yet nevertheless baby step toward acknowledgment of the HumaneMyth. Let's summarize and deconstruct: After a botched execution, Ohio adopted a single-drug formula to replace the three-drug cocktail previously used to kill people.

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

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We immediately get a sense of the pigeons’ abundance, beauty, and danger to human activity. ” (I love that term, and may adopt it for future use.) She portrays humans merged with Passenger Pigeons; the images are then framed to look like 19th century calling cards. It’s an effective introduction.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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March 14, 2011 Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Jon Gassett, Commissioner One Sportsman’s Lane Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Dear Mr. Gassett, I am a writer, naturalist and artist with a special interest in human/bird interactions. Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count.

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