10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

endangered species was issued on March 11, 1967, under the earlier law, and those listings were ultimately grandfathered into the ESA. Attwater’s Greater Prairie-Chicken – Tympanuchus cupido attwateri. Before the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), there was the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966.

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California Condor Endangered Species Bald Eagle Parrots 102

Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

I mean, I eat chicken and fish.". Interviewer: "Wait, so you want to abolish animal cruelty, except for chickens and fish, (pointing at the contestant) because she doesn't like them?". Contestant (flustered): "We, well, we used to have chickens on our ranch.". Interviewer: "Oh, so you've killed chickens.". Well, sort of.

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Lions Animal Cruelty Cruelty Chickens 100

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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New York Times New York Farm Sanctuary Battery Cages 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

To the Editor: In your July 12 editorial “ A Humane Egg ,” you disparage the modern, sanitary housing systems for egg-laying hens, which have improved chickens’ health and well-being, improved consumer food safety and kept eggs a nutritious and economical staple on kitchen tables and restaurant menus nationwide.

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2009

As the economy continues to falter, law enforcement officers in Kentucky and throughout the country are seeing major increases in the number of unwanted and neglected horses, some abandoned on public land, others left to starve by their owners.". Let's deconstruct: The facts of the case: "Emaciated horses eating bark off trees.

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Horse Slaughter Horses Unwanted Horses Slaughter 100

Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2009

During a brief moment of insanity after the death of my pet kitty Brady in 1991 (at the age of 17), I attended Vermont Law School to study Environmental Law. But before my return, I would spend nearly $25,000 on one semester of law school, and learn a frightfully basic lesson that passed me by during childhood.

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Bears Vermont Laws Wounded 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2012

This is a roundabout way of introducing Australia’s most dangerous bird, because of course a country where an agonizing death lurk in every lake, river or law has a bird that can you kill you too. The chicks, which were about the size of chickens, had brown and fawn striped plumage reminding me of the colours of young wild boars.

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Sharks Birds Australia Boars 223

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others.

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Animal Rights Rights Broiler Chicken Animal 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2010

I refuse to eat pork, but eat grass-fed beef when I am making Persian food, and certain forms of chicken and lamb with other ethnic foods I consume. In other words, there are moral limits to science, as to law. I, like you, am not a complete vegetarian. In fact, my diet is worse, but I do justify my eating habits.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Unfortunately, switching from red meat to chicken does not help very much. Chicken actually has just as much cholesterol as beef (about 100 milligrams of cholesterol in a 4-ounce serving) and almost as much fat. Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2015

After a long hiatus that included a new cat, a new apartment, and enough time with the in-laws to last me quite awhile, here’s a rundown of April’s bird news: Funny, sad, and thought-provoking … an African-American ornithologist’s video tips for birding while black. Why did the chicken cross the archipelago? Now you have.

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Malta Barn Owls Cyprus Fowl 183