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Horse Slaughter Could Start Up Again in One Month

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Read the complete article at pantagraph.com. Slaughter opponents pushed a measure cutting off funding for horse meat inspections through Congress in 2006 after other efforts to pass outright bans on horse slaughter failed in previous years. Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S.

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Unintended Consequences for US Ban on Horse Slaughter

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I don't support the slaughter of any animal, but if an animal will die anyway, don't we want the best possible conditions? This article also talks about my least favorite bastard chef Gordon Ramsey and the aftermath of his comments to eat horse. Tags: canada gordon ramsey mexico horse slaughter. I just don't know.

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Slaughtered to Extinction

10,000 Birds

There is a great article about Passenger Pigeons by Bill Loomis in The Detroit News today. It is well worth a read.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. Has it really been 21 years (almost) from the publication of Jonathan Franzen’s New Yorker article, “ Emptying the Skies ,” six years since the documentary with the same name?

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Study Claims Islamic Slaughtering More Humane

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I came across this strange article about German research on which slaughter method creates more pain for the animal: the Western method of stunning or the Islamic method of a cut to the neck. You can read all about the results in the article. According to the researchers, the Islamic method wins.

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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

Animal Person

Bea sent me a link to an article in Gourmet called " Humane Slaughterhouses ," by Rebecca Marx, that is absurd. While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." It is murder. Where to begin.

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Contrarian Nonsense About the Seal Slaughter

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WHO could defend the slaughter of 300,000 harp, hooded and grey seals by hook-wielding hunters out to make a quick buck from the seals' pelts? So, he pens this little poisonous article to see what kind of reaction he can get. Ah, nothing like a column defending baby sea killers to get the blood going.

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