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Leaping Foxes

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The Common Buzzards , for example, who usually hunt by circling high above the landscape, will hover in kestrel fashion much more frequently. The kestrels , on the other hand, will more frequently hunt from low perches. And finally, there will be Marsh Harriers everywhere breeding in grain fields instead of reeds.

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Irish Senator Complains of Animal Welfare "Cabal"

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This complaint is the result of proposed legislation to ban puppy mills in Ireland. The dog breeding legislation, intended to outlaw “puppy-farming”, was prepared by Green Party leader and Minister for the Environment John Gormley. They also want an exemption for hunt kennels which do not breed dogs for commercial purposes.

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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

Dunayer devotes a chapter each to the language used in hunting, zoos, "marine parks," vivisection and "animal agriculture." An animal's own terms are 'Don't hunt me'" (49). "At However young and healthy, captives judged inappropriate for exhibition or breeding are considered 'excess' and usually are 'unloaded' or killed.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

See TIME’s photo essay “ Puppies Behind Bars “ Henry the schnoodle just did a remarkable thing. Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#.

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