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Stamps in a Weathered Passport

10,000 Birds

The views were filled with scrubby, low vegetation, dramatic mountains, sheep herds, and sheep herders. The herders are nomadic groups that move sheep from place to place, staying in brick structures that dot the landscape. We traveled maybe ten miles on the only road before turning back around. Birding was tougher.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

Critter News

He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. And if you ever drive around an egg farm, hog farm, slaughterhouse, feeding lot, etc., Here is my opinion.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat. Each year tens of thousands of these gulls go to the islands and each pair will lay three eggs. Most of these clutches of eggs will hatch to produce three fluffy and adorable chicks. ” one.