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Eating Cats and Dogs Could Become Illegal in China

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You can already read the excuses being cited in this article. Tags: meat cats dogs china. The legislation is only being drafted right now and there's a long way to go I suspect before such laws would pass.

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The Struggle to Save the Birds of Honduras

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A Spanish version of the following article appeared in the 9/4/11 edition of the Honduran publication, La Tribuna. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat. On top of being illegal to capture and sell birds in the country, it is also immoral. Little boys kill thousands of birds each year with slingshots.

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Are Thai Temple Tigers Drugged?

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There's a big article at the ABC News site. The temple says the money goes toward caring for the tigers (each animal eats 13 pounds of meat a day) and construction of "Tiger Island," where it is hoped the tigers will soon move to live in larger enclosures.A Read it and tell us what you think.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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In fact, a recent article in the Economist on Singapore’s rewilding states “The oriental pied hornbill (pictured), with its extraordinary ivory casque, had been locally extinct for a century. Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.)

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The Eurasian Woodcock

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This article is about birds. For information on the male porn actor, see www.pornstarswithbirdnames.com (disambiguation). While there are 8 species of woodcocks worldwide, only two – the American and the Eurasian ones – are widespread. A bird serves one person.” Where do woodcocks feed?

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. ©2023, Donna L. It has become the cornerstone of U.S.