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Protecting the Hyacinth Macaw and the Cerrado

10,000 Birds

Mating pairs are faithful for life and share the tasks of raising the young. In the case of the acuri, the birds usually eat those kernels that have already fallen to the ground or that have been ruminated by cattle or wild animals, but they eat bocaiuva nuts straight off the bunches hanging from the trees.

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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

Bea directed me to an interview with Dr. Elizabeth Parker , the "chair man " (my emphasis) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance at CattleNetwork, which apparently is "The Source for Cattle News." It is true that millions have been raised under false pretenses, but the reality is once again the opposite of what Parker believes.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

But there is a net loss in all meat production, not just of farmed fish or feeding fish to land animals being raised for food. Feeding grain to chickens, pigs and cows is even more inefficient, with 70 percent of grain grown in the United States going to animals raised for food. Danielle Kichler Washington, Nov. Lerner Woodside, Calif.,