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Honestly, How Much Could It Rain?

10,000 Birds

Any California-raised person knows that it just doesn’t rain in California in June. I was raised in between the two cities, and visited that area earlier this month. My camera and binoculars, protected by the light coat I had packed, were wet but fully functional. By the time I gave up around 1 p.m., I was wrong.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

Maybe those should be protected too? Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird.

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. To learn more about Arizona's precedent-setting victory for farm animals, see here. ii) reasons for banning horse slaughter in the U.S.,

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