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St. Michael’s summer birding along the Danube in Serbia

10,000 Birds

And I do not see any bird either, it was only my bird-compass telling me this is a place to stop. I usually end the day watching the sunset underneath the buttresses of the mediaeval Ram Fortress (cover photo), mentioned for the first time in a historical document from the year 1128. million Euros in its still ongoing restoration.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

Compassion like that almost makes one think that we should start shooting the 1 billion humans on the brink of starvation to provide them quick and relatively painless deaths rather than slow protracted ones.] That's one more reason to forego the Christmas Turkey or Ham this year. rather than a slow death from starvation."