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Andean Condors On The News

10,000 Birds

As Chilean officials and volunteers rescued 17 birds they noticed the birds were foaming from the beak. Unfortunately, contemporary people from the high Andes are beginning to see condors as the enemy; a predator that will kill and eat livestock. Other birds were seen crash landing. It is true that condors eat dead animals.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that nearly a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gases is generated by livestock production, more than by transportation. Yet Al Gore does not even mention the need for Americans to reduce meat consumption as we attempt to rescue ourselves from the climate crisis.