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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

10,000 Birds

Notably, this is a vey small number compared to the number of rodents killed by the same cats. By-catch is the catchy word for animals that are killed from fishing that are not the fish being fished. billion birds, plus or minus more than a billion, are killed by cats every year in the US.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the Animal Welfare Act." He differentiates those animals from what he calls "the cute animals" which is important and one of the few passages that I appreciated in this series. Part V: Me and My Monkey.