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Birds, Hunters, and Lead

10,000 Birds

In what some might see as an unlikely alliance, wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and – yes – hunters have banded together to convince those who hunt to use copper bullets instead of lead. The NRA has tried to portray this movement as “taking away hunters’ rights,” which does nothing but insult the hunters already on board.

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72 dangerous animals africa

Reddit Animals

Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste. Their eyesight is so acute that buffalos often graze at night. During a hunt, spotted hyenas often run through ungulate herds to select an individual to attack.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

KBJ: Humans and pigs are not just sentient, which already distinguishes them from microorganisms; they are, in Tom Regan’s terminology, “subjects of a life.” Suppose there is a man who wishes to end his life but regrets never having given his poor and hungry family any pleasure. Animals in the wild try to escape from hunters.)

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