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Castellare di Castellina: Chianti Classico (2019)

10,000 Birds

Shrikes were practicing their own form of butchery – that is, their particular practice of impaling their kills from thorns and barbed wire for later eating – long before we began domesticating and slaughtering livestock on our own.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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Syngenta advises users to “NOT place baits in locations which are accessible to pets, domestic animals, livestock or birds” or to “contaminate dams, waterways and drains with the bait or its used container.” Perhaps not surprisingly, the poison companies seem to be hiding behind Teflon shields about the problems with their products.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

Critter News

There is an abundance of information on the web about undercover investigations, livestock conditions, slaughter procedures, etc. Livestock don’t contribute to campaigns, but agribusiness does. However, the factory farm system we have in any country does not lend itself to either of the two criteria. They are no good to you alive.

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

One outspoken proponent of factory farming cited in the HPMAJ column is "Trent Loos, a rancher, journalist and vocal livestock supporter." According to the HPMAJ column, "Loos told cattle producers the livestock industry must show the public that there are moral and ethical justifications for taking the life of an animal to feed a person.

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Trinity Brewing: Le Capitaine Golden Saison Regal

10,000 Birds

Which isn’t to say that this week’s eccentric beer – Le Capitaine by Trinity Brewing – is a particularly characteristic example of a saison anyway. Even the brewery’s spent grains, once shoveled out of the mash tun, are hauled off to a local farm as livestock feed. Could this be Le Capitaine?

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Endangered Species Act: Delisting the Black-capped Vireo?

10,000 Birds

For example, there are four major populations on public lands—including one on Fort Hood , the largest U.S. Our analysis indicates the known threats at the time of listing, habitat loss through land use changes, livestock grazing, and vegetation succession, and brown-headed cowbird parasitism, are reduced or adequately managed.

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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

Animal Person

David Scott (D-Ga), who is the chairman of the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture draws a line in the sand regarding the animals we use and how we use them. A prime example of this is our concern for the welfare of animals in agriculture.". Translation?

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