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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

10,000 Birds

Beset by poaching by cattle ranchers, habitat loss, DDT, and lead poisoning (from consuming shotgun pellets embedded in the condor’s carrion fare), populations of this enormous New World vulture fell into a serious decline in the twentieth century. A portion of all draft and bottle sales of Condor Kolsch will be donated to these programs.

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J. Baird Callicott on Domesticity

Animal Ethics

From the perspective of the land ethic a herd of cattle, sheep, or pigs is as much or more a ruinous blight on the landscape as a fleet of four-wheel drive off-road vehicles. African cheetas [sic] in American and European zoos are captive, not indentured, beings. This is equally true of caged wild animals.

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Collaborative list – May 2019

10,000 Birds

For those of you whose summer and winter are opposed to the northern version, we wish you a productive approach to the colder months. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

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