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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

10,000 Birds

The Marabu Stork definitely has a face that only a mother could love. Preliminary Study of Slaughter Value and Meat Characteristics of 18 Months Ostrich Reared in Hungary. Studies on improving ostrich egg hatchability. Also, I learned that in the US , ostrich eggs are priced at $40-$75. Ostriches originated in Asia.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

10,000 Birds

The definition of the word HUNT is “to chase or search for game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing.” ” The definition of the word CONSERVATION is “the act or an instance of conserving or keeping from change, loss, or injury.” A newly created U.S.

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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

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Meliboea, a daughter of Niobe and Amphion, who was so traumatized by the slaughter of her siblings by a vengeful Apollo that she turned pale and changed her name to Chloris, the pale one)” I think it is very nice of the HBW to give you some choices in this matter.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

Critter News

For some people, it is inhumane to eat meat in any situation, no matter how well the animal is treated prior to and during slaughter. In my opinion, and I am a vegetarian, the second definition of humane is the MINIMAL that we should expect. And if you ever drive around an egg farm, hog farm, slaughterhouse, feeding lot, etc.,

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Everything in Moderation?

Animal Person

Ditto for "never," "always" and other such definitive words. Slaughter in moderation. Working for The Princeton Review for nearly a decade has made me forever (? really, Mary?) peeved upon hearing or reading these words. It smacks of laziness, not to mention exaggeration. . Rape in moderation. Genocide in moderation.

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