Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Consider this: Every month, it takes $12 billion to fund America's involvement in the Iraq War. Corwin tells the story of the Maasai of Kenya, whose culture involved disdain for and slaughter of lions. "What does the future hold for the members of the Hundred Heartbeat Club?

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

The American Medical Association, the Infectious Disease Society of America and the American Academy of Pediatrics are among the more than 350 health, agriculture and other groups nationwide that have endorsed this bill. Slaughter Member of Congress, 28th District, New York Washington, Sept. 20, 2007

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

The fact that geese mate for life, and that the mate of the poor goose that was slaughtered would step forward, was enough to make me swear off meat forever, if I hadn’t already. I imagine my own horror if my husband were to be brutally taken from me and slaughtered after our years of caring for each other and sharing our lives.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Europe has one species (Eurasian Spoonbill), the Americas have one (Roseate Spoonbill), Australia two (Royal and Yellow-billed Spoonbill), and Asia has two as well (Eurasian and Black-faced Spoonbill). Preliminary Study of Slaughter Value and Meat Characteristics of 18 Months Ostrich Reared in Hungary.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

At the time of slaughter, these frightened animals are inhumanely loaded onto trucks and shipped long distances to the slaughterhouse without food or water or protection from the elements. Even those actively involved in the industry typically admit that these modern animal rearing practices cause animals severe pain and stress.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

However, the age of the Golden Gooney was to come to a brutal end; beginning in the late 1800′s, they were being slaughtered by the millions for their feathers at their breeding colonies. Most birders are familiar with this story; back in the day, the pesticide DDT was in widespread use all over North America.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Still, I can’t help thinking that there is some parallel between the mass slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon in 19th-century North America and the mass slaughter of songbirds in southern European countries today. In both countries, birds have been killed for reasons of food, commerce, and sport.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

"Desperate to drive up prices by stemming the gusher of unwanted milk, a dairy industry group, the National Milk Producers Federation, has been paying farmers to send herds to slaughter. We here in America claim we love dogs. Since January the program has culled about 230,000 cows nationwide." They're our "best friends."

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

And as the slaughtering of animals is not high tech, certainly no trade secrets would be at risk with the imposition of cameras. The federal government needs to recommit itself to putting boots on the ground in America and elsewhere to inspect and protect our food supply. I think most would, enthusiastically. 21, 2008

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

We can hardly expect a repeat performance of last winter’s spectacular “super flight” of winter finches in eastern North America, which saw a massive southward irruption of Red-breasted Nuthatches, Purple Finches, Evening Grosbeaks, Pine Grosbeaks, Common and Hoary Redpolls, and Red and White-winged Crossbills. Donna). ==.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Because of their great expense, spices in the Middle Ages were often reserved for feasts celebrating harvests, slaughters, and holy days as the old year waned, particularly around Christmas.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

In 1850, the Passenger Pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius ) was the most abundant bird in North America and possibly the world. We have given an awful exhibition of slaughter and destruction, which may serve as a warning to all mankind. Of course, by now most people know they have been slaughtered by hunters for their ivory.

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