10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

By studying Zebra Finches and domestic chickens, the scientists discovered that multiple sperm appear necessary for a fertilized egg to progress to the embryo stage (a process called “polyspermy”.) This differs from humans and other mammals, in which the addition of extra sperm essentially destroys the egg.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2011

The Greater Prairie Chicken , once common throughout North America, has undergone rapid population decline, mostly due to habitat loss. The Greater Prairie Chicken’s story seems to be a tragic one, but Timothy Barksdale sees something compelling in it. When do we as humans begin to act?

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. In my opinion, the crux of the question touches on what is “humane.” Here is my opinion.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In this film, we see farmers interacting with the animals they will eventually transform into food (chickens, pigs and cattle). Although the farmers can easily answer that their animals are treated more humanely whilst alive, their discomfort about being asked questions regarding the slaughter process is visually and audibly obvious.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

We are not people who are interested in discussing animal rights, as in, the right of sentient nonhumans to not be used by humans for potential profit, for sport or for lunch. Maybe "humane" is already on its way out for the folks trying to convince themselves and others that humane killing isn't an oxymoron. Feathers: animal.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

I had a fledgling hummingbird they fed chicken noodle soup because it was sick,” wrote Tracy Anderson. “A I had a call about a ground hog who sat at the table and ate chicken salad with sweet tea,” wrote Becky Marlin. “I Adult Mourning Dove in a box with a hunk of Kentucky Fried Chicken,” wrote Mikal Deese. “I

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10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2022

I have also learnt to not count my chickens before they hatch. Pied Oystercatchers around Broome always lead you away from their nest sites or their chicks whether you are human or a dog. The header photo shows the brighter colour of the legs and bills of the Pied Oystercatchers during the breeding season.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 12, 2014

They even sent us something special, a recipe to be made for the humans! Can I have some of that chicken? Egg-battered rosemary chicken breast with carrot barley tabbouleh. The recipe is based on the fresh ingredients that can be found in the Beyond food for cats and dogs. It was delicious by the way! What about the carrots?

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Timothy Barksdale is a birder, Prairie Chicken documentarian , and wildlife videographer well-known for his stunning Adventures with Birdman. That is a very human thing and from what I know, I believe this film will bring out the humanness of birding along with so many other wonderful aspects.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2015

And, of course, the reputation of certain species of birds as troublemakers for humans is a problem in bird conservation, so this is worth watching. Close to 5% of turkeys being farmed in Minnesota have been or shortly will be destroyed , and the virus is also affecting chickens. Most viruses do not survive, or are not passed on.

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Critter News

APRIL 7, 2010

Another undercover video from the Humane Society. Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2011

Ditto for the Blackbird Bakery on Bainbridge Island, Fins Coastal Cuisine in Port Townsend, and Ezell’s Chicken in Seattle. Drawbridges are the bane of humanity. Especially humanity trying to make it to the ferry on time. The Lucky Diner on First Avenue in Seattle has delicious food. Eat there. Seriously. GO TO SEATTLE!

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Because of this, areas around the city that were once sleepy are now “urban,” with humans and wildlife struggling to keep up. We had seen a chicken or two so far on our walk, but it was hilarious to see this much larger domestic bird sitting between doves and starlings. I saw this first-hand during an afternoon studio walk.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

There may be a new strain not before seen (still looking for verification of that) and there are reasons to believe, the experts say, that this winter could see a spike in bird to human transmission. First this : Bird Flu Strain Jumps From Animals To People For The First Time.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

This cute pup, Oliver, is now the happy owner of a new digital camera (thanks to a giveaway we hosted from Chicken Soup for the Pet Lovers Soul ). His human was kind enough to send a photo of Oliver our way! What a cute dog! I have a feeling that the memory card on that camera is going to be full of Oliver photos.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

By and large, human food does not make good cat treats, although there are a few things that are suitable if prepared with care. Never give cats chocolate, for example, and always use only small portions of tuna, liver or chicken if concocting little cat crackers or other types of kitty treats. Choosing cat treats.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. A housecat in Buenos Aires got its start in Africa, a sheep in Australia to the Middle East, a chicken in Ireland can trace its origin to the jungles of Asia. But hedgehogs? Greenfinches?

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Critter News

JUNE 1, 2010

After PETA bought stock, Safeway grocery stores and restaurant companies Ruby Tuesday, Sonic and Burger King agreed to give purchasing preference to suppliers that abide by what the group says are more humane rules, such as not confining chicken and hogs in small cages, she said.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2014

There are Double-crested Comorants , of course, but it’s not Florida unless you have Anhingas bellied up to the shoreline drying their wings like absurdly proportioned chickens. The possibility of finding a gator of a size that could due any human beyond a toddler any harm is slim in a place like this.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2013

Raw chicken from the grocery or spare animal parts from roadkill is placed out on this private property in front of blinds where photographers can spend the morning getting shots of caracaras, vultures and even the occasional Harris’s Hawk. The birds were so desperate for food that they would fly into a human to get a morsel of food.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 29, 2008

It's from September 30, from the Humane Society. The writer is Jennifer Fearing, the CHIEF ECONOMIST for the Humane Society. Tags: eggs california farm animal welfare factory farm chickens. I've been trying to find polling data on Proposition 2, but this is all I could find. Chief economist? That's so cool!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2015

This is not about feeder competition and chicken wire. And while it also occurs in city parks and cemeteries within human habitations, it is not quite as tame as the urban Gray Squirrels of America, and I have never been able myself or seen someone be able to hand-feed one.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 19, 2009

The students learn to debone a chicken and slice cheese. I wonder how much the students learn about the chicken and where the carcass came from and what happens during the life of a chicken. Removing skin and bones from a chicken breast was "slimy and gushy and. And what about cheese? fun" said one (female) child.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

It's just another excuse people have concocted because they like the taste of cow/pig/chicken/fish flesh. No one will propose a ban on eating chickens because there's no conflict there. Yes, it is hypocritical (speciesism), but who said that we either protect humans or animals? Where do people get that idea? What do you think?

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Critter News

JUNE 1, 2009

And people wonder why I'm so disappointed by humans. The animals included ducks, chickens, guinea hens, rabbits, sheep, dogs and cats. A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animal cruelty.

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Critter News

JUNE 28, 2009

How much suffering can and should they endure without significantly affecting the human pocketbook. More is at stake than just the comfort of chickens, though the well-being of 284 million U.S. But it's not just about the hens.it's about the money. Or corporate net income. From the Clemson press release. laying hens is no small matter.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

BRUCE FRIEDRICH Senior Policy Director Farm Sanctuary Washington, March 4, 2014 To the Editor: The humane laws for hens in California that provide them more space in which to live should be countrywide. Chickens deserve to live humanely. Compassionate consumers can take a stand against this cruelty by choosing vegan options.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

Peterson’s big idea, succinctly stated on page 68, is as follows: “I believe that morality appears as a predictable response to group living, and we can therefore expect to see clear signs of full moral behavior appearing much, much earlier than the recent start of human evolution.&#

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Whilst catfish have around 100,000 taste buds, rabbits around 17,000 and humans approximately 9,000, birds rarely exceed 100 of these receptors. Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400. Let’s talk about taste.

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Animal Person

JUNE 5, 2009

I think that it's odd, for instance, that someone so ensconced in human rights does not notice the parallel when she grabs her grilled chicken caesar salad for lunch. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language Animal rights Babycakes Dreena Burton Gluten-free Baking Human rights Steve Best The Left veganism Wild Justice.

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Critter News

JANUARY 5, 2009

The recent passing of a proposition in California to strictly manage how laying chickens are kept serves notice, he says. You may hate to hear about this, but I do think that the animal-raising industries are going to have to reach some compromises with the Humane Society of the U.S. and other advocates.”

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Animal Person

MARCH 31, 2009

I think I'm going to start a contest for the most absurd/ironic/bizarre sentence to come out of the mouth of a human each week. Briefly: Zoning board in Buffalo unanimously approved plans for a slaughterhouse (as in, a place where chickens, goats, lambs and calves will be killed and chopped up).

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Animal Person

AUGUST 23, 2009

His passion and compassion for humans is immense, but he appears to have some kind of mental block with nonhuman animals. I suppose speciesism/human exceptionalism is at the heart of the matter. He just doesn't believe that other beings lives might have a purpose all their own that is entirely unrelated to humans.

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Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2009

In other words, horses, like pigs and cows and chickens, are commodities whose worth has a dollar value to people, and we should be doing what we can do maximize that dollar value. And it’s much more humane than leaving them there to starve to death.”. It’s just an option for horses that are unusable.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 16, 2010

It tells of 18 dogs who were rescued from shelters and the streets, who are now performing miracles in animal therapy and as service dogs The foreword is written by Dr. Marty Becker (Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul), and cover endorsements are from both the ASPCA and the Humane Society.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 25, 2010

15): We are glad to see an article describing the intensive confinement of egg-laying chickens, but we disagree when it says that animal advocates and consumers are “driving big changes” in the treatment of chickens. At most, chickens will be guaranteed room to spread their wings. Like humans, animals have a right to enjoy life.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 5, 2011

Similar to humans, dogs that eat sugary foods can develop obesity, tooth decay, and diabetes. Raw meat, fish, and eggs pose the same danger to dogs as they do to humans. A bit of plain white rice and some boiled chicken can provide relief for your dog’s upset tummy. Sugary Foods and Beverages. Salty Foods. Meat and Bones.

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