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EU Backing Cloned Animal Products

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If they are cloned solely for the products they provide, will it be more difficult to argue for their welfare as living creatures? Concerns surround the ethics of the process, the welfare of the animals and a lack of research on food safety. From the Daily Mail.

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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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In three cases of adoption the common factor was that the adopting individual was sexually attracted to one of the real parents of the young. Poor researchers Nicola Coumi and Rob Slotow failed to find anything particularly interesting about vigilance in Bronze Mannikin groups. ” I wish I had this kind of optimism.

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"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism

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What messages and techniques have been proven effective in getting people to make compassionate decisions like boycotting fur and adopting companion animals instead of buying them? And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products?

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Bring Pets Home

4 The Love Of Animals

All need food, shelter, and medical care, so that they have the chance to be reunited with their original owners or adopted into caring, permanent homes. According to the ASPCA, as many as one million additional dogs and cats are in danger of losing their homes in 2009, at a time when fewer donations are coming in.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

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Long before that time Mexican domesticated Turkeys had been adopted by Native Americans in the American Southwest as well. Early research suggested that “Fragmented distributions and population bottlenecks due to human activities appear to have increased genetic differentiation among populations” (Leberg 1991). Which would be weird.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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Each account gives population estimate, population trend, estimated area, endemism level, reasons why the species is threatened, and conservation measures adopted and proposed. These categories include family visits; professional research and professional meetings; educational activities; religious activities; and humanitarian projects.

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Birding By Impression: A Book Review

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Experienced birders can identify birds using GISS; all birders can identify birds if they adopt the BBI approach. Instead, we get references and quotes from Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink , the popular science book that takes bits and pieces from various research projects to make the case that we make choices without consciously thinking.

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