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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

September 7, 2006, a bill banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption( H.R. If Loos thinks that animal agribusiness will win the argument on ethical grounds, he is sorely mistaken. News flash: Slaughtering horses does not promote their welfare. ii) reasons for banning horse slaughter in the U.S.,

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Ask the proposing states to follow Nebraska’s example, to let them, and their big, desperately imperiled white cousins, alone. Photo by Jim Rickards, gleaned from fredmiranda.com Heartfelt thanks to Vickie Henderson, Cyndi Routledge, and The Honorable Ken Salazar for going out and witnessing what all the fuss is about.

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