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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

10,000 Birds

Case in point: some of my family members have become active with feral cat colony organizations. It started with donation requests for spay and neutering cats but then quickly transferred to a trap, neuter and release organization. On the one hand, it’s better than doing nothing with a feral cat colony.

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After the recent Gorilla vs Grizzly thread I think this is needed: Gorilla myth busting

Reddit Animals

Claim 1: A gorilla can definitely kill any animal below 400 lbs easily and still put up a good fight for those above that weight class The truth: Forest leopards in Africa are known to kill gorillas, and while rare, the current record is skewed heavily in favor of the leopard coming out the better in these encounters.

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Flock to Marion

10,000 Birds

When the base was built and managed by the South African government, the mice were found to be a minor nuisance so five cats were brought in to manage the mice population at the base. The cats were eradicated by 1991, which left the mice population to go unchecked. How was it that the 1,700 people aboard all had the same bedtime?

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H. J. McCloskey on Punishment of Cruelty to Animals

Animal Ethics

[T]here is another class of cases where the state is accorded the right to interfere with the individual when he is not interfering with any other person, namely, where cruelty to animals is involved.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

I think he also doesn't know that not all of us think that chasing down Class B dealers is as important as working to shut down animal experimentation and create more alternatives. Engber writes of experimenting on cats and on the "furtive language" vivisectionists use to decrease the emotional impact of what they do.