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Invasive Species Week Wrap-Up

10,000 Birds

For example, to irrupt , at least as far as animals are concerned, is simply to enter a region suddenly and in very large numbers. Perhaps our outrage at invasive species can be a bit hypocritical at times. This is probably too much to think about every time you encounter what we consider an invasive species.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

The very first thing we notice about this large member of the Galliformes is that there is a wild version and a domestic version, and although the two are rather different, they are both given the same species name, Meleagris gallopavo. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Davis, an emeritus professor of animal science at Oregon State University, says the horses “damage” the environment. A total of 33,000 wild horses are degrading the environment, but around 3 million to 4 million cattle are not? Animals in nature don’t need to be controlled by a species that has such difficulty in controlling itself.