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Count Your Chickens (In the Florida Keys)

10,000 Birds

You see, the chickens are being shortchanged. Americans love chicken. In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat. Chicken soup and chicken wings are about as American as apple pie. When we eat eggs we eat chicken eggs almost exclusively.

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What’s in a Name: Attwater’s Prairie Chicken

10,000 Birds

And then there’s Attwater’s Prairie Chicken. A distinct subspecies of Greater Prairie Chicken that once numbered a million strong and called coastal grasslands from Louisiana to the Mexican border home, it was more than decimated by development in its native habitat, with less than 50 birds left in the wild in 1996.

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Why Did the Prairie Chicken Cross the State?

10,000 Birds

112 got, this radio transmitter nevertheless tells scientists at the Missouri Department of Conservation where this Greater Prairie Chicken is. . And actually, this particular Greater Prairie Chicken crossed two states.) Researchers don’t know if this type of journey is the exception or the rule for Greater Prairie Chickens.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

10,000 Birds

Today I’m exploring a couple questions that have been bouncing in my head for a while…I’d love to hear your thoughts…I’m not calling into question animal rights, just the focus of the movement. – The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive Animal rights. This makes perfect sense.

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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

10,000 Birds

Maybe author Sy Montgomery is right when she says that “birdwatchers often look down on falconry,” and maybe not. It’s not clear from the book’s ending, but it sounds like she abandoned her nascent apprenticeship because of her traveling schedule, her marriage, and her own chickens who would certainly be killed if she kept a hawk.

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How to ‘treat’ your cat right

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Pets come to depend on their owners, trusting them to do what’s best for them, and every owner should make the effort to treat their pet right. Just like people, pets that are not treated right can suffer from stress and other health problems, and an inadequate diet, for example, will make cats more prone to infections and illnesses.

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Australian White Ibis in Broome

10,000 Birds

Glossy Ibis very rarely come into town, but they do breed very close by when the conditions are right. They birds are affectionately called Bin Chickens due to their attraction to discarded items. Australian White Ibis are often observed feeding at the Port of Broome.

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