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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning

10,000 Birds

Traveling the rural Maharashtra on previous days, every village had its share of small, slim and long-legged domestic chickens crossing in front of us, not unlike this wild cousin at all. Nowhere in India have I seen broiler horror-chicken like those sold in supermarkets back home. The morning is cold, much colder than we expected.

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Protecting Your Pets from Pests and Disease

4 The Love Of Animals

Mosquitoes bite humans and animals with no regard to species, and they bring along a number of illnesses. The disease can attack domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, as well as livestock, such as horses, chickens, and cattle. A lot of very important information for pet owners, especially as we go into the summer season.

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Birding Culebra, Puerto Rico

10,000 Birds

In the time we spent on Culebra I saw 49 species of birds, not bad for an island outside of the wintering grounds for most neotropical migrants and only measuring eleven miles square. If you go to Culebra you will be astounded at the sheer number of outdoor cats and chickens. I spotted eight species in my time on Culebra.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species. This physical evidence of properly handled cattle would go a long way toward ensuring healthier meat while lifting the shared burden that comes with consigning millions of animals yearly to a terrifyingly cruel death. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Jonathan Spitz Westfield, N.J.,

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

If beef cattle who could not feel pain were developed, then it would be permissible to eat them. KBJ: Martin seems to think that people who abstain from meat on the ground that meat-eating causes pain would not eat “beef cattle” even if they could not feel pain. What should our moral attitude be toward eating members of these species?

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