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Snowy Owl Ethics

10,000 Birds

Most arguments for conserving a species focus on things that we can measure in dollar amounts, such as ecotourism, medical benefits, etc. Profile pages, photography groups, and regional birding groups are filled with Snowy Owl photos this time of year. Butcher, A. References. Berlanga, H., Kennedy, T. Arizmendi, C.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

But for more than 20 years, consumer groups led by Public Citizen have worked to scare the public about food irradiation and threatened to boycott companies that market irradiated products. Ann Calandro Flemington, N.J., coli O157:H7 and other disease-causing microbes from raw meat and poultry.