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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

4 The Love Of Animals

But even parents who aren’t crazy about pets or did not own them as kids can help change this trend. On the other hand, kids that don’t get the experience of having a pet early may become afraid of animals, especially if their parents don’t particularly care for animals.

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Vagrancy in Birds: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

There are many more factors than I imagined: compass errors, wind drift, overshooting, extreme weather and irruptions, natural dispersal, and human-driven vagrancy. The chapter on compass errors will probably be the most popular amongst birders who love to discuss reversal and mirror-image migration routes.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. I look forward to casting my vote for compassion. But compassion and civil sense from the large farm entrepreneurs might be more helpful. I grew up on a dairy and hog farm in central Massachusetts.