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Still the Same Hawk: A Review of a Book about Nature and New York by a Native New Yorker

10,000 Birds

My spark bird was the Red-tailed Hawk that lives next to Central Park, the one named Pale Male I’ve always been a little embarrassed about this. There have been three books written about Pale Male and 2 movies made about him, and saying that he was the bird that sparked my birding obsession makes me feel like I am living out an urban cliché.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

ELAINE SLOAN New York, March 4, 2014' The same goes for pigs and cattle that are exploited and forced to live in substandard conditions. Congratulations to California for being so compassionate and leading the way.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

“Free range” does not solve the problem of painful debeaking, enormously oversized flocks or the unnatural isolation of the birds from other sexes and age groups. Though chickens can live for 5 to 11 years, after two years, they are hauled away to slaughter just like battery-caged hens.