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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

10,000 Birds

By-catch is the catchy word for animals that are killed from fishing that are not the fish being fished. Also, the comparison with cats is not particularly relevant. A small number, maybe about 72 million according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service , are poisoned every year. These are the dolphins in your tuna fish, for example.

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Animal Ethics

The best thing that one can do for animals, in the long run, is to persuade people to stop eating them. Force, coercion, and manipulation, by comparison, are inferior on each score.

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