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African Wild Dogs Facts, Habitat, Diet, Size, Photos And Videos

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African Hunting Dogs Facts: CONSERVATION STATUS : ENDANGERED SIZE : ABOUT 1 METER IN LENGTH (30 TO 43 INCHES) DIET : CARNIVOROUS SCIENTIFIC NAME : LYCAON PICTUS LIFE SPAN : 10 TO 12 YEARS GESTATION : ABOUT 70 DAYS WEIGHT : 18 TO 36 KILOGRAMS (40 TO 79 POUNDS) HABITAT : DENSE FOREST TO OPEN PLAINS PREDATORS : HUMANS AND OCCASIONALLY LIONS Read More (..)

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More Clarity About Family Farms

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In " Move to Limit 'Factor Farms' Gains Momentum " in today's New York Times , we learn that farmers in Ohio have agreed to phase out gestation crates within 15 years and veal crates by 2017. I work with the hogs every day, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with gestation crates,” he said. Irv Bell's farm is a family farm.

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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

Bea directed me to an interview with Dr. Elizabeth Parker , the "chair man " (my emphasis) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance at CattleNetwork, which apparently is "The Source for Cattle News." If any "drastic measures" are employed, they are to remove animals from suffering, not to impose our dietary choices on others.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

I think it is safe to say that yes, an intelligent animal is unhappy, even downright miserable, being confined to a crate two by seven feet for months on end. I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released a report in 2008 that detailed exactly how much these “efficiencies” are costing America.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

15): We are glad to see an article describing the intensive confinement of egg-laying chickens, but we disagree when it says that animal advocates and consumers are “driving big changes” in the treatment of chickens. Like humans, animals have a right to enjoy life. At most, chickens will be guaranteed room to spread their wings.

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by Animal Rights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms.

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