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Mast Landing Brewing Company: Pantless Thunder Goose Double India Pale Ale

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For some time after that, the hive mind of the internet was inspired to engage in an infantile but good-natured effort to bring forth a whole host of silly new names for animals, resulting in a wholesale renaming of living organisms not seen since Carl Linnaeus published his Systema Naturae in 1735.

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Quash the Squash

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The RSPCA are trying to raise awareness of its urgent campaign to protect the welfare of UK meat chickens. Right now, the UK government is considering new EU legislation that may increase the number of chickens allowed in rearing sheds. Even at current minimum standards, each bird is given less space than a sheet of paper.

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Three Amazing Things

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A throat swab sent to the Taiwan Centres For Disease Control helped scientists identify H6N1, a subtype of avian flu that has been spreading in chickens. Earlier this spring, the Taiwanese woman came to the hospital with flu-like symptoms and a shortness of breath.

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How to keep your cat warm this winter

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Vicky Anscombe, writer for Animed Direct , urges pet owners to calm down, first and foremost. “If Warming food always goes down well – and during the coldest months, there’s nothing wrong with dishing up a tasty breast of chicken or a piece of fish to keep your cat’s appetite fired up.

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Give your dog the best dog food for the best health! #GetHealthyHappy

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Dr. Ashley Gallagher, vet at the Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington D.C., We feed our Maltese Baby adult formula in her favorite flavor, chicken. You can even take this quiz: Is my pet eating quality food ? And as always, the best source of information is your veterinarian!

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On "Animal Activism"

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I want to talk about why we shouldn't be using animals and that it's infinitely easier to be a vegan than it was 20 years ago. If you believe your dog has a right to a life free of torture and slaughter for no reason, then you really ought to think about extending that right to mice, rats, chickens and fish. daily, in the blogosphere.

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From Today's New York Times

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Farm Animal Welfare, ASPCA New York, Feb. 22, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst dismisses companies and consumers who are embracing food production methods that provide more respect for animals and the environment as being motivated by “nostalgia.” We have a hard enough time figuring out what makes people happy, but chickens?