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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

10,000 Birds

Thanks to a little human intervention, the future looks much brighter for Millerbirds. Further, fitting the birds with bands and radio transmitters, as well as monitoring them in the field , has greatly expanded scientific understanding about the species and its behavior. Photo of the Nihoa Millerbird by S. Plentovich, courtesy of the U.S.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare. It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve.