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Birding Gir National Park, India

10,000 Birds

A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. Occasionally we go so quickly that we may be posing a danger for jay-walking animals… …and then, for no obvious reason, we suddenly stop! Chitals are crossing the road, but we have seen too many of them to stop now. Promise fulfilled.

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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

Critter News

How many people know this about the Animal Welfare Act? No wonder there is so much "farm" animal abuse out there. Humane treatment runs counter to the entire industry when the point is to make money by processing these animals as fast as possible. Most animals in the U.S. This is really interesting. I certainly didn't.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

10,000 Birds

Soon calls about injured birds poured in from animal hospitals, the police and fire departments, and various government agencies. When a tree filled with nestling Cattle Egrets collapsed, 60 orphans took up temporary residence in the house.

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The Lion Forest of India

10,000 Birds

A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater (above) and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. Occasionally we go so quickly that we may be posing a danger for jay-walking animals… …and then, for no obvious reason, we suddenly stop! Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. Two owls and a nightjar! Promise fulfilled.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

BRUCE FRIEDRICH Senior Policy Director Farm Sanctuary Washington, March 4, 2014 To the Editor: The humane laws for hens in California that provide them more space in which to live should be countrywide. People seem to lose sight of the fact that these are sentient animals, not food machines! Chickens deserve to live humanely.

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An Affront to the Idea of Family

Animal Person

Families, so the commercials go, don't engage in untoward aspects of animal husbandry that might hurt the cows. Families are just as capable of horrendous policies toward animals as anyone else. Their goal is to make a profit from the breeding and slaughter of animals. The cows' tails swing in the breeze.

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