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Suburban Roadrunners of Southern Missouri

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Last year, I finally crossed paths with Cerulean Warbler , but this year, with little birding on the agenda, I needed something easy. I repeat, the sight of a roadrunner moseying around this neighborhood like a contented outdoor cat was a strange one. Did I make that clear?

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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

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But his real agenda comes out later in the graph: "However it is imperative that we allow the most up-to-date scientific data on animal agriculture practices to drive the policy decisions we make, and extract emotion from the equation as much as possible. The problem, then, is the question Scott is asking and the assumptions he is making.

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On Teaching Children

Animal Person

Are the kids cooking monkey, cat, dog, alligator or turtle? Any other factories on the agenda? If you're going to call something an anthropological adventure, it would make sense to teach the kids about the other animals humans eat and give the kids the opportunity to prepare and eat dog, cat and monkey, no?

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. The huge population of feral cats undoubtedly is having a detrimental effect on our bird life. Since European settlement there has been the loss of at least 23 species and sub-species of birds.

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

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Those opposed have anti-hunting agendas and can not be allowed to dictate what game species are hunted. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. SmashDN Mar 18th, 2011 at 8:28 am Susan, Please enlighten us. I have provided plenty of facts. Wicked, right?

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