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On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter

Animal Person

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.". This is about finding "affordable options for unwanted horses," the article says.

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Bird Love Week: How They Get It Done

10,000 Birds

It is this tendency that is thought to have driven the development of extremely complicated “plumbing” in females, to keep unwanted male duck parts out. Some famous lekking birds inculde Ruffs , Buff-breasted Sandpipers , manakins, and various grouse and prairie-chickens. Photo courtesy of Adam Riley.

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