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H. J. McCloskey on Punishment of Cruelty to Animals

Animal Ethics

We accept that the state has the right to ban cruelty to animals, even when such cruelty is in the interests of the person being cruel, for example, of the greyhound owner who trains his dog on cats, first removing the cat's claws to protect his dog from injury, or of the householder who half-starves his dog so that he can have an extra beer or two, (..)

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

For example, they make three different types of tools from the long, barbed leaves of the screw pine tree. In Torquay, Australia, after a mother kangaroo was struck by a car, a dog discovered a baby joey in her pouch and took it to his owner who cared for the youngster.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

10,000 Birds

There are probably other major trends that depend, for example, on latitude and timing. I do not assume that Manaus is fully representative of the planet earth, and I already pointed out St. Paul and St. Peter islands.

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Birding Nabang, Yunnan (2)

10,000 Birds

A few examples: the Ashy Bulbul … … Black Bulbul … … and the Grey-eyed Bubul. So if for example, you look for Asian Pied Starling , you get “No matches” even though this is the exact name used on several other bird pages and in many bird guides. I am paralyzed just thinking about how to do it.

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