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Rock’n’rollers

10,000 Birds

Throw in Iberian Pigs, the odd fighting bull and a few flocks of sheep and the similarities are striking. Campaigns, nestboxes, surveillance – it all costs money. The Portuguese equivalent would be the montado – a very similar landscape of wide-open plains and scattered oak trees. I’m not asking you for a donation though.

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Listen Today on WALO Radio

Animal Person

Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! There's an Archive icon for possible later listening.

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Linkwood Distillery: 15 Years Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky

10,000 Birds

Even though a 2013 petition by the Royal Society of Protection of Birds failed to convince the Scottish parliament to make it official, the campaign to make the Golden Eagle Scotland’s national bird continues. Eagle and Lamb by John James Audubon (1785-1851).

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

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He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. Livestock don’t contribute to campaigns, but agribusiness does. Andrew from Good Honest Dollar had an excellent question. It's a thoughtful question I wish more people would ask. Here is my opinion.

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More on Mulesing

Critter News

From The Age: Animal rights activists intend ramping up their international campaign against Australian wool after producers indicated they would not stick to a deadline for phasing out mulesing. The controversial practice - in which folds of skin are cut from a sheep's rear to prevent fly and maggot infestation - was due to end by 2010.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

Symptoms in domestic animals vary: dogs tend to show nervous system signs such as convulsions and uncontrollable running, whilst large herbivores such as cattle and sheep more predominantly show cardiac signs. Death is normally due to ventricular arrhythmias, progressive hypotension unresponsive to treatment, and secondary lung infections.

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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

Animal Person

I don't think anyone is campaigning for "farm" animals to become pets, as many of us don't even think the family cat should be the family cat. All we do as vegans is take a reality--the reality of the sentience of cats, dogs, horses, chickens, sheep, cows, etc. Scott's assumption is that we profit from certain animals.

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