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

10,000 Birds

A recent meta study ( The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States ) that applied strict inclusion criteria and some fancy statistics estimates that 2.4 By-catch is the catchy word for animals that are killed from fishing that are not the fish being fished.

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Lessons Learned, The Finale

Animal Person

When I started blogging, I thought that if more people sought out free-range, grass-fed "beef," more animals would be saved/fewer would be created. The question of course is, are you really significantly decreasing suffering? Big fail here for Animal Person. I didn't do the right thing for Animal Person.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Not in words, of course, but they can answer in ways that we can understand if we are paying attention. Farm Animal Welfare, ASPCA New York, Feb. The idea that eggs from free-range chickens are somehow morally superior to other eggs is, frankly, weird. But let’s not play psychiatrist with other animals’ minds.