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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

No wonder rBGH has been banned in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. I dispute Dr. Miller’s assertion that rBGH-injected cows can help reduce milk prices. Farms using rBGH are likely to use more grain, water, fuel, emit more greenhouse gases and spend more on feed and other inputs, offsetting any economic gains.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

10,000 Birds

The animal rights movement is (rightly) closely associated with protesting things like factory farming, dogfighting, etc…basically, the mistreatment of animals. The birds had evolved without a predator like this, and with the new snake having no predators, it had no problem decimating the island’s birdlife.