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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: “ Getting Bacon the Hard Way: Hog-Tying 400 Pounds of Fury ” (front page, June 21), about Texas hog hunters, illustrated the barbarity of hunting with dogs. As the dogs tear chunks of flesh from the terrified pig, the hunters undoubtedly feel proud of their accomplishment.

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Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste. Their eyesight is so acute that buffalos often graze at night. During a hunt, spotted hyenas often run through ungulate herds to select an individual to attack.

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Are We Much Better than Michael Vick?

Critter News

Some of us forget that dogs are mere animals, and that animal mistreatment is as American as Apple iPods. Hunters shoot down animals in cold blood for mere sport. Hunters shoot down animals in cold blood for mere sport. This is part of the piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Chefs place live lobsters in pots of boiling water.