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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

Animal Person

The voice of Temple Grandin is of course the foundation. While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." The second paragraph needs to be looked at sentence by sentence. Potent if symbolic?

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

This would be a night drive, cold, dark, uncomfortable seats, loud engine in the giant 26-seater truck, scanning the brush and the roadside with three or four strong spotlights wrangled by volunteers among the nature-loving tourists, and of course, the headlights of the truck. And, of course, something interesting came along.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

10,000 Birds

Also frequent escapees (or very free ranging domestics) are guinea fowl and to a lesser extent a number of other gamebirds up to and including peacocks. Of course the ideal home for the Guam Rail would be an island or group of islands that are capable of supporting a flightless rail and which don’t have brown tree snakes.