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Birding Fallon: Well Worth the Trip

10,000 Birds

On our last morning, we drove out to the Carson Lake Wetlands , following long and dusty trails through cow pastures and marshy terrain. The specials for our dinner at The Slanted Porch in Fallon included dishes prepared from cows and lambs raised by local 4-H Club kids.). The best, in my opinion, was saved for last.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

We encourage kids to gently pet baby lambs, cows, chickens and pigs, but we deny them this loving connection when we serve animals for dinner by surreptitiously calling them chops, hamburger, nuggets and bacon. There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal. More and more people do not.