Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2007

Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., Cavel, a Belgian company, kills horses in Illinois for export to Europe. This bill amends the Illinois Horse Meat Act by banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption and also banning the possession, import or export of horse meat for human consumption.

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Horse Slaughter Slaughter Slaughtered Horses 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Johnson is collecting myths about owls from cultures around the world and is also presiding over a 12-year Burrowing Owl Project that seeks to collect DNA samples, vocalizations, morphological data and map locations for every Burrowing Owl subspecies the world over.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 231

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Even collecting one piece after another, I didn’t manage to see the whole picture, but after a lot of effort, I collected enough pieces to ID the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler , only the first of a dozen that will be chock chock chocking from fruiting mulberries. Dalmatian Pelican © Dusanka Stokovic-Simic.

Greece 202

Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

It hasn’t achieved as much attention yet, presumably because people are rather preoccupied with wars brewing in Eastern Europe and missing airliners, but give it time. The internet is great at collecting information, but it is at best so-so at working out what’s actually important. (It’s Conservation Lion vultures'

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Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150