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Montana Horse Slaughter Bill Not Vetoed

Animal Person

On Friday, April 3rd, Montana Governor Brain Schweitzer returned House Bill 418 to the legislature with suggestions for amendments. The danger is that the amendments will be made and the bill will be signed into law. The letter was written to the Montana legislature. PLEASE TAKE ACTION.

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Animal Legal Defense Fund Ranks States on Animal Protection

Critter News

The ALDF has released a report on how different states' animal protection laws stack up. Tags: animal law. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.

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Requiem for a Bat: Mysterious Bat Deaths in the Rockies

10,000 Birds

We’ve had a lot of discussion recently on the pros and cons of interfering with ‘nature’ on behalf of an individual animal. A second call netted only Animal Control’s number. Animal Control was on the way. I have only praise for the woman from Animal Control. I like bats.

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Backyard Birds: Looking Through the Glass by Glen Apseloff

10,000 Birds

Here in Montana I use an expansive definition of “yard” to put Barrow’s Goldeneye on my yard-list. A Rose-breasted Grosbeak , here, is an exciting one-off visitor, and a wonderful shot of Mourning Doves in the act of mating is the equivalent of half an hour of Animal Planet. My “yard” is seen above.

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On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter

Animal Person

As the economy continues to falter, law enforcement officers in Kentucky and throughout the country are seeing major increases in the number of unwanted and neglected horses, some abandoned on public land, others left to starve by their owners.". Butcher (no joke) from Montana: " “No one has to send a horse to a processing plant.

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Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans

10,000 Birds

In each instance they start with a striking anecdote — my particular favorite took place on the University of Montana campus, where in 1964 an American Crow learned to call and taunt stray dogs into causing perhaps the most adorable college riots of the decade.

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