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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Milk or Bread

10,000 Birds

Raptors feed their young meat. Pet stores sell mealworms in small plastic containers, which will do the the trick until the rehabber takes over; just make sure they are tiny little mini-mealworms, and not the big mean ones that can actually bite you and which would make short work of a nestling songbird. Care does not include milk.

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Get Thee To A Wildlife Rehabilitator

10,000 Birds

They would realize that wild owls fly silently through the night and grab unwary rodents, not unsuspecting packages of processed cow meat. A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! And they would realize that any species whose young tried to nurse with a pointed beak would be a short-lived species.

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

10,000 Birds

At least bacon is meat,” added Letitia Labbie. “We I opened the box, and there was a bowl of raw hamburger meat in there for him to eat.” Bottom line: so many of these well-meaning people picked up their information from the internet, from pet supply companies, or from – cringe – even veterinarians.

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On the Banning of Eating Cats and Dogs in China

Animal Person

It's just another excuse people have concocted because they like the taste of cow/pig/chicken/fish flesh. Many people support this, particularly affluent types, who have become dog and cat people and now own them as "pets." But my initial reaction is that this is like Americans giving up "red meat." What do you think?

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ PETA’s Latest Tactic: $1 Million for Fake Meat ” (news article, April 21): The commercial development of meat from animal tissue won’t result in “fake meat” any more than cloning sheep results in fake sheep. A more accurate name for the end result would therefore be “clean meat.”

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

There are self-interested, health-based reasons to go vegetarian: The major killers of Americans--heart disease, cancer, and stroke--are all strongly positively correlated with meat consumption. I replaced cow's milk with soy milk. Plant-based diets significantly reduce one risk of these chronic degenerative diseases.

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12 Tips for new dog owners.

4 The Love Of Animals

April 15, 2009) – As the Obamas prepare to welcome home their first pet dog, Dr. Randy Kidd, holistic veterinarian and herbalist and veterinary adviser of Rainbow Light, a leader in natural nutrition since 1981, provides a few “first” tips to ease the transition and ensure a long and healthy life ahead.

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