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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

A mozzie bites me, so I take the “Expedition Plus Insect Repellent” from my rucksack (when I think about it now, any local brand would probably be equally efficient, but they lack the word “expedition” which immediately turns you into a proper explorer) and start spraying my hands and neck. Cover photo: Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. Similarly, most people also agree that: (2) It is wrong to kill a conscious sentient animal for no good reason. Nor ought we kill them without reason.

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Keep finding decapitated mice/rats under car

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but that's pretty much it for mammals. Idk, generic store brand bird lol. And I could even see that being the case even with the lack of consumption as I've known cats that killed for sport but didn't eat the prey. Lots of squirrels, chipmunks, deer, rabbits. Maybe some kind of grackle? Not even in a window.

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Birding – An Extreme Sport

10,000 Birds

He subsequently leaves for Peru and gets kidnapped and killed by Sendero Luminoso – the local brand of Maoists. It has all Big Five animals and a whole lot of other grumpy mammals. So, apart from large vicious mammals and venomous snakes, what else can possibly go wrong while birding? Well, here’s my number 1.