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Is Cheap Meat Endangering Our Lives?

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We know that bird flu developed in the world's vast poultry farms. But this has triggered an arms race with bacteria, which start evolving to beat the antibiotics – and emerge as in the end as pumped-up, super-charged bacteria invulnerable to our medical weapons. Tags: meat Swine Flu factory farm agribusiness.

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H1N1 and your pets.

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The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) are reminding pet owners monitor their pets’ health closely. Ferrets and birds are susceptible. Ferrets and birds may develop swine flu, or other human flu viruses. Tags: pet care. Cats should be monitored.

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Is Your Pet Okay While You’re at Work?

4 The Love Of Animals

Try a bird bath or a bird feeder right outside the window. Pet QR Tag is a new variation on pet identification. It’s a small pet tag with a barcode that can be scanned by smartphones. Lock up the doggy doors when you leave. Visual Entertainment: Cats love a good show. Recruitment: Do you know your neighbors well?

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March by Goethe

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Inspiration / March by Goethe March by Goethe By Mike • March 19, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share Swallows are a sure sign of spring the world over. Get yours today! Thanks for visiting!

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

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For Engber, who dispassionately describes procedures most of the time, the "advances" in the medical care of humans are all well worth what he and other vivisectionists do to dogs and other sentient nonhumans. Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." And for what?

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Protecting Your Pets from Pests and Disease

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Heartworms are easily controlled by any one of a number of medications designed to kill the worms or repel mosquitoes. The virus traveled across continents because it easily infects birds. When a mosquito bites an infected bird and then bites a human or mammal, it can transmit the virus. Tags: guest post.

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A Problem with Gulls

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There are also juvenile birds to confuse a birdwatcher. • Explore These Related Posts Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage Good Gully: A Birder’s Oddity Slaty-backed Gull (?) at Gloucester Harbor Birding The San Jacinto Valley.Or at Gloucester Harbor Birding The San Jacinto Valley.Or

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