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Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I have great admiration for Ballentine and Hyman’s ability to clearly articulate and summarize the many research articles they must have read in preparation for this book. There are no footnotes and the two-page list of books and articles for “Further Reading” is selective. This is a beautifully designed book.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. If you can get through the article's pernicious nonsense, there are some salient points, albeit the result of confusion on the part of the author.

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Our Strange Relationship with Animals

Critter News

I thought this was an interesting piece contrasting three different people and their relationships with animals. One is a meat-eating professor of animal welfare, another is an animal rights activist, and the third is an animal researcher. This quote from the animal rights person is spot-on for me.[Maria's]

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How Much is Your Animal Worth?

Critter News

Here is an article about the high cost of vet care and the ethical questions of how much do you spend. Do you ask the vet to euthanize the animal? I measure our cat Charlotte (pictured above in the masthead) in 42" HDTV's. She's at about 3 at the moment. Maybe 4 with all the meds and followup visits.

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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research

Critter News

They're not necessarily questioning the ethics, but the efficacy. This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. Tags: animal experimentation medical research. This is an important issue.

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Predators Paid to Pester Problematic Pest Birds

10,000 Birds

The benefits to the falconers, according to the article, include generous fees.) The touted benefits of this trend include an environmentally safe and sustainable way to discourage visits from pest-birds.

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What if the Public Truly Probed Animal Research Funding?

Critter News

It's in response to the arrest of Yale animal technician Raymond Clark for the murder of Annie Le, but makes some important points about animal research. No wonder the research community wraps a "saves lives" cloak around its work whether falsified journal articles or Larson's "speech" studies. At a tax payer cost of $472,370?