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The Urban Birds of Austin, Texas

10,000 Birds

I didn’t realize how many new species I would see within the city itself! 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. After all, part of getting to know any city is learning its non-human inhabitants!

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On Dolphins as a Gateway to Animal Rights

Animal Person

I did tweet about " Scientists Say Dolphins Should Be Treated As 'Non-human Persons' " yesterday, as I think this is a Gray Matter for a lot of people and might be interesting to explore. Would you actually actively campaign against rights for some species? and chickens don't?) and dogs don't?

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