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Feral Cat Advocates Lie

10,000 Birds

They get hit by cars, suffer from parasites, predated upon by coyotes, and die from disease. For example, how many lies can you find in the quote below from this article ? Birds are a long way down a cat’s food chain so well-fed cats tend not to hunt at all, he says. Outdoor cats live short, ugly, violent lives.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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The Oriental Darter is classified as Near Threatened – the reasons are the usual ones: habitat loss, hunting, and pollution. of its hunts are successful. If not knowing this information any longer and thus suspecting you might be suffering from dementia, there are always some other animals around to facilitate assisted suicide.

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Whales Losing the Will to Live?

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I came across this British article from 2008. The steeply declining number of whales in the world's oceans is causing the remaining creatures to suffer loneliness and 'lose the will the live', a leading expert has claimed. From the Daily Mail.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: In “ Hunting Deer With My Flintlock ” (Op-Ed, Dec. He has volunteered to kill a deer cruelly, ineptly and with an outdated weapon that causes additional suffering to the deer. He says he hunts out of a need to take responsibility for his family, who evidently live where the supermarkets offer no meat.

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Embracing the Youth Movement in Carolina

10,000 Birds

Three decades past and they’re the state’s rare bird committee, the leadership of the state ornithological club, the authors of countless articles – even books – on birding in the state, the voices that, for better or for worse, are respected as the final words on identification conundrums or distribution questions.

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Why Did The National Audubon Society End Their Contract With Ted Williams?

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Never ones to let facts stand in the way of a good, old-fashioned, witch-hunt, the hordes of cat crazies heeded the call of their overlords and not only sent emails but essentially took over the National Audubon Society’s Facebook page. Pretty standard. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the National Audubon Society.”

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

1, 2009 To the Editor: As an ethics instructor who aims to inspire my students to think about the connections between their values and daily practices, I found Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article disappointing. There is little that is less polluting and less harmful to the planet than hunting wild game responsibly. Lois Bloom Easton, Conn.,