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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

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No wonder there is so much "farm" animal abuse out there. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, “farm animals are regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) only when used in biomedical research, testing, teaching and exhibition. This is really interesting. I certainly didn't. Most animals in the U.S.

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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate

10,000 Birds

Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.

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Pig Castration in Europe - An Animal Welfare Concern

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This year, the European Commission will issue a research contract, worth up to €1 million for a study into alternatives to the castration of pigs and dehorning of cattle. Tags: europe pigs farm animal welfare.

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Birds on Posts or Birding North Dakota

10,000 Birds

These Lark Buntings were too occupied with gathering food to pay much attention to us as we walked along a road between farm fields; there was undoubtedly a nest nearby, in a scape on the grass, so we took our photos and walked on. There was a little color variety in our birds of posts.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Farms using rBGH are likely to use more grain, water, fuel, emit more greenhouse gases and spend more on feed and other inputs, offsetting any economic gains. June 29, 2007 The writers are cattle ranchers. There is as yet no medical research showing the cost of several extra years of hormones flooding the system.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

10,000 Birds

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. a fish farm. a fish farm. Sod Farm Zacates Agricola Roca. Reeds Sod Farm. Reeds Sod Farm. Airport Mangroves. 01 Jan 2017. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. Airport Mangroves. 01 Jan 2017. Pied Heron – Egretta picata. Western Australia. 07 Jul 2017.

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Collaborative list – December 2018

10,000 Birds

Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Las Trancas farm fields (Rt 254 to Playa Panama). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. –Campus Farms and River 740-815 msnm. San Joaquin coffee.

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