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Clemson Researcher Investigates Impacts of Cages on Laying Hens

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How much suffering can and should they endure without significantly affecting the human pocketbook. From the Clemson press release. Nearly 95 percent of the 90 billion table eggs produced in the United States come from high-density cage systems. The value of all egg production in 2007 was $6.68 Or corporate net income.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. June 2, 2010 BP apparently bans workers from showing dead or dying wildlife and from talking to the press. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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I very much enjoyed the first section, which relates the history of the bird and its relationship with us, humans, from its discovery in 1851 up to the fateful Lake Mack fire and its aftermath in the 1980’s. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. By William Rapai.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

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My friend Ian had purchased Richard ffrench’s classic A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago just before we left, the third edition, hot off the presses. For some reason, Yale University Press discontinued its arrangement with Helms, so there is no United States edition. The bird guide question was a conundrum.

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