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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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This put Coffee in an impossible position - he needed to rehome the pythons because they were illegal in Florida, but the FWC was threatening to face him with additional criminal charges if he did so. And their behavior is completely consistent with what we would understand as "animal sentience."

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

They mimic snakes, a claim to fame that goes all the way back to Aristotle’s History of Animals. Gorman’s personal field experience informs much of the text and his total grasp of the field means he relates one research finding to another with narrative ease. Yet, The Wryneck does not read like a literature review.

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Organizations Putting Animals First

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Thankfully, there are some organizations out there that make it their business to look after and care for our animal counterparts. Proving that society’s conscience hasn’t been completely compromised, these companies and their employees make it a point to put animals first. Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.

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Groups Seek Charges in Sheep Decompression Tests

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PETA and the Alliance for Animals are asking for charges to be filed against the University of Wisconsin at Madison. It is illegal in Wisconsin to kill an animal by means of decompression. Tags: animal research sheep PETA university of madison-wisconsin. You heard it right.sheep decompression tests.

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

10,000 Birds

Hence, the experiment was created: a plot was fenced off to keep the animals away and now willow saplings did survive being submerged for half a year. Naziridis explained: “In late summer, when there is no grass left to graze, some ranchers cut the fencing to let their animals into enclosures.”

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

Considering the fact that her lake lies conveniently close to the Moharli Gate, I suppose Telia would be the biggest earner of all the animals of Tadoba. She has grown up in the reserve and has no experience of the environment of which tourists would not be a permanent, however boring part of. Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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As long as it's legal, who am I to judge?

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As if humans don't assess and judge things, people and experiences all day long and use those judgments to form a future course of action or decide which relationships they do and don't wish to pursue. Using animals in all manner of ways is legal, and many people enjoy using them. And as if there are humans who don't judge.

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