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A New Newsletter about Pets

Reddit Animals

It’s essentially Morning Brew for the pet industry Dogs, cats, fish, horses, bunnies, etc. Tuesday, I'm launching the first post of my newsletter - The Woof!

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Brown-headed Thrush

10,000 Birds

The lost list consisted of a handful of common birds and I didn’t worry unduly as I would be likely to get another opportunity to visit (the airline industry is a wonderful business to be in if you are a birder). Anyhow, 8 years on and numerous trips to Japan later, I had recouped most of my losses, but not the Brown-headed Thrush.

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On Cat Killers and Mental Competency

Animal Person

People in South Florida are still in an uproar over the mutilation and slaughter of 19 house cats (allegedly) by 18-year old Tyler Weinman, who was declared mentally competent and not a danger to himself or others (!). Weinman had participated in cat dissection in school, and that is being discussed as a possible trigger for his behavior.

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San Francisco Considers Banning Pet Sales

Critter News

All companion animals including dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, rats, chinchillas, guinea pigs, birds, snakes, and lizards would be considered as pets. I can't believe the pet industry would allow such legislation without a fight. Pet sales would be banned altogether, except for the sale of pet fish.

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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

10,000 Birds

Decades of trapping for the pet industry drove them to the brink of extinction, and their survival into the future was seriously in doubt. Giant anteaters, giant otters, giant armadillos, giant river turtles, giant termites and giant waterlilies that can sustain the weight of a human baby! Giant waterlilies at Karanambu Ranch.

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Hill’s PetFit Challenge

4 The Love Of Animals

In an industry first, Hill’s Science Diet Weight Loss System offers pre-packaged meals for your dog! million cats[1]. of Dogs and Cats in the United States are either overweight or obese[2]. o An Estimated 58% of US cats are overweight or obese = 54 million cats. million cats[1]. million dogs and 93.6

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: As Mark Bittman rightly notes, California’s new farm animal welfare law presages what is coming for all farm animal industries nationally (“ Hens, Unbound ,” column, Jan. Mentally, they go insane from boredom and stress, just as our dogs or cats would if they were kept in tiny crates or carriers for their entire lives.