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Suit Filed Over Cows Killed to Drive Up Milk Prices

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If the dairy companies were doing this, well, that's cold! The class-action lawsuit accuses companies of slaughtering thousands of cows just to decrease supply. Animal rights group Compassion Over Killing was the first to uncover the alleged systematic slaughter of healthy dairy cows in California.

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The Importance of Nurturing Young Birders

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In the grand scheme of things, this is just a small town and only one person was killed due to injuries suffered. There were 23 cows killed; some had to be shot up in trees where they were stuck. I asked two companies to help. The second responded as I would- with immediate concern and compassion. Chaos and insulation.

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Seal Slaughter Stopped by Russia. Canada? Not So Much.

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Maybe Canada can learn something from the former KGB agent and avid hunter about compassion. Activists accused Norwegian companies of encouraging the killing because seal hunting was no longer allowed in their own country. Kudos for Russian leader Vladimir Putin for stopping the slaughter of seals.

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BOCA to Stop Using Eggs by End of 2009

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On March 19, 2009 a company representative emailed Compassion Over Killing: "…I am pleased to let you know the BOCA brand will be eliminating eggs in all of its products by the end of this year. Totally missed this story from about a month ago. We anticipate all BOCA products will be egg free in 2010."

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

The animal advocacy group Compassion Over Killing has created a new website to bring attention to the fact that Morningstar Farms continues to use "battery eggs" from caged birds in their products. Hey Keith, I wanted to drop you a line on this because I thought it would be up your alley. Here is the link.

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Redbreast Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey (12-Year)

10,000 Birds

Yet associations with death, burial, and general ill omen persist, culminating in the robin’s appearance as the unlucky victim of “Who Killed C**k Robin?”, By 1912, the company was known to be producing a 12-year old whiskey nicknamed “Redbreast” by its chairman, an avid birdwatcher. The still-living C**k Robin.

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