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Can Birds Be Safe? If Only.

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Another product has been invented that could cut down on the number of wild birds killed by domestic cats. The testimonials all credit Birdsbesafe with reducing the number of birds killed by pet cats. The conservation implications are clear,” writes researcher Dr. Susan Willson. “If Three of my eight are prolific bird killers.

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I Remember Elephants

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In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. I say they were butchered, face-off. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. One may say so.

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Snowy Owl Ethics

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He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al. References.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

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He pairs conventional wisdom with actual research on such wisdom and speaks to experts who’ve been pondering the issues from the perspectives of their various disciplines. The research, much of the time, doesn’t support the conventional wisdom (which is not to say the case is closed on any issue). All day long.

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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

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As an aside, I well remember the time that Binford came to our quaint little department at Harvard to meet with Isaac and his research team (us) to sort out this difference in understanding of human evolution. I did do some research on this topic, working with others. Photo by Mikebaird.

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

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Of course, the problem here, as in the entire book, is that factory farming is clearly the enemy, while killing animals unnecessarily isn't given any more airtime than Foer's personal, philosophical moments that he doesn't require of anyone else. But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi.