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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

10,000 Birds

Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. There is a lot more to tell: descriptions of remote villages, delicous exotic food, unusual exotic food, going hungry, preparations for treks into isolated jungle areas (does one buy Quaker Oats or a live chicken?), And sun bears. And mosquitos. And leeches.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

Animals in the wild try to escape from hunters.) This, however, is not our world, so I don’t understand the bearing of the question. Clearly, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, and fish do not consent to being eaten. Suppose some of them say yes (in American sign language).

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