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WPAs: America’s Duck Factories

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Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), contain many of the nation’s most renowned birding locations, including Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico, Laguna Atascosa NWR in Texas, and J.N. The region has justifiably been referred to as the “Duck Factory of North America.” National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs), which are managed by the U.S.

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Farm Sanctuary Wary about Tom Vilsack for USDA

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I’m glad that Obama didn’t select Charles Stenholm, a former Texas congressman with a long history of defending animal abuse, who had sought the position with support from the factory farming industry. Tags: Obama USDA farm animal welfare factory farm us agribusiness.

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Your Tax Dollars at Work Building Iraqi Feedlots

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“Through a combination of technical and financial support, the partnership will work toward making Iraq a top beef and lamb producer within the Arab world,” said Dr. Ma’ad Mohammed, Inma project coordinator for the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture of the Texas A&M System, a key program participant.

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The Traveling Birder

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Northern Gulf Coast of Texas , with stops at Anahuac NWR, Brazoria NWR, and Aransas NWR. Rio Grande Valley of Texas , including stops at Santa Ana NWR and Laguna Atascosa NWR. Lifers included White-tailed Hawk, Caracara, and Whooping Crane. That visit was prompted by the threat of a border wall through Santa Ana NWR.

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

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The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. With successes like these, factory farmers do have cause for worry. Doublespeak at its worst.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

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Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Texas A&M Soltis Center. Blue Ground Dove – Claravis pretiosa. pueblo nuevo marsh 2. 13 Dec 2019. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi.

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From Today's Wall Street Journal

Animal Ethics

However, I agree with Mr. Foer that factory farming has to go. Chantelle Wallace Austin, Texas The irony of this article, which is reminiscent of Irish author Jonathan Swift's suggestion of eating "excess children" to shock and awe his readers, isn't lost on an intelligent reader. We carnivores have to become more benevolent.