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10,000 Birds Launches Alley Rat Allies

10,000 Birds

Like cats, the rat has been the victim of campaigns to make it the bad guy in terms of disease and damage wildlife. That is just a silly argument made by the rat haters to hide their lack of knowledge as to how biology works and to justify their horrific campaigns of rat-slaughter. Rats are cute! Imagine a world without rats!

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Bill Introduced in Congress to Protect Wild Horses

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He says it's unacceptable for wild horses that embody the spirit of the American West to be slaughtered. The crusade she started--which included a massive letter-writing campaign and eventually a beloved children's book--culminated in 1971 with enactment of the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act. Here is what Rep.

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Mrs Pankhurst’s Purple Feather–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

This mass avian exploitation, amazing and repugnant, ultimately met its end through separate campaigns in the United States and Great Britain, each led by women, mostly upper-middle class women. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S.

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