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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

In 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that irradiating half the meat and poultry consumed in the United States would mean 900,000 fewer cases of food-borne illness and 350 fewer deaths each year. Unfortunately, irradiated meat and poultry can’t be found on store shelves. Larry Katzenstein Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.,

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

10,000 Birds

A species which has been hunted in the United States for the last 50 years (and in spite of your assertion that hunting has somehow damaged midcontinent populations 2009 saw the highest count on record). Those opposed have anti-hunting agendas and can not be allowed to dictate what game species are hunted.

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