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Steps Towards Ending Factory Farming?

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A recent agreement between farmers and animal rights activists here is a rare compromise in the bitter and growing debate over large-scale, intensive methods of producing eggs and meat, and may well push farmers in other states to give ground, experts say. This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit.

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Update on Proposition 2 in CA

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California’s Proposition 2 is not solely about the California egg business but is also about the egg industry’s national survival, warned Gene Gregory at the annual legislative meeting of United Egg Producers (UEP). Tags: california farm animal welfare factory farm us.

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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

” Southern Arizona , including visits to Ramsey Canyon Preserve and Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve. Lifers included Painted Redstart, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Arizona Woodpecker, and Rivoli’s, Violet-crowned, Lucifer, and Broad-billed hummingbird. It truly is the “Warbler Capital of the World.”

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Collaborative List – August 2017

10,000 Birds

Eastern Egg Rock. Eastern Egg Rock. Eastern Egg Rock. Arizona Woodpecker – Picoides arizonae. OWD factory area – US-NY-Tupper Lake-Adirondack Park – 44.2351x-74.4676. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Gulf of Nicoya (Puntarenas/Paquera ferry). 28 Jun 2017. Common Murre – Uria aalge.

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