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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

They are often crammed into trucks built for cattle and pigs and subjected to starvation, exposure and abuse. Every year, 100,000 horses are slaughtered at foreign-owned slaughterhouses in the United States to satisfy the palates of wealthy diners in Europe and Asia. John Spratt Washington, March 6, 2007 Jan Schakowsky (Rep.)

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Collaborative List – March 2019

10,000 Birds

With so much thrashing around in SE Asia, it is interesting to compare east and west hemispheres. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Bajada Washington Trail, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.278, -111.199). Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. 978 species were tallied this month from 163 checklists. Refugio mixto Caño Negro.

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