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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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” “You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up. (If Fortunately, Tianmashan is probably too hilly to ever be turned into a Tesla factory or a technology park. If you think it is rather pretentious to start a birding blog post with a Kafka story, I fully agree with you.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: In his past comments about protecting animals and nature, Pope Benedict XVI is building upon the Roman Catholic Church’s tradition of promoting faithful stewardship of all creatures (“ A Cat Lover in the Vatican Strikes a Chord With Cat Lovers Around the World ,” news article, April 20).

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Autumn colours

10,000 Birds

This year will be tough on many birds as further mudflat destruction to construct factories in China means that they may not be able to feed in areas that they have known in the past. She has lived in the Middle East and the United States and traveled extensively in Europe. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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On Project Treadstone and Welfare, OED-Style

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Project Treadstone If anyone in Palm Beach County wants to get involved in the Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) of feral cats, now is the time, as the county's Spay Shuttle is back in business (but for a whopping $40/cat rather than the original $15), and Pahokee ($25/cat) is open as well. welfare hotel U.S., welfare roll N. 1937 ‘G.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve. It is estimated that the amount of grain fed to cattle and hogs in the United States in 1971 was twice that of U.S. exports of grain for that year and was enough to feed every human being with more than a cup of cooked grain every day for a year.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

10,000 Birds

The animal rights movement is (rightly) closely associated with protesting things like factory farming, dogfighting, etc…basically, the mistreatment of animals. Unfortunately, once we discuss anything beyond this basic point, people vastly disagree on what is right and wrong. This makes perfect sense.

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Flight to Freedom

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This is certainly a landmark victory and we hope that other countries around the world, including the United States, will take notice and follow suit.”. The ADI rescue operation was backed by Bob Barker. ADI also rescues animals in distress worldwide.

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