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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Kristof (column, April 9): Thank you for this inspiring and enlightening article. April 9, 2009 The writer is president of United Poultry Concerns, an advocacy group. Animals raised for food suffer miserably. Blithe images of all forms of animal production hide the bleak realities. Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. Excellent, thorough Index.