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Wildlife Rehabilitators vs. Bird Thieves

10,000 Birds

Jodi Swenson of Massachusett’s Cape Ann Wild Bird Rescue released a crow named Odin, who occasionally still appears at her open window. While I was getting him acclimated to go in the outdoor flight, he had free range of my studio. Many rehabbers raise several crows together and release them on site.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Animals rescued from so-called humane farming establishments have been found in horrific condition. To the Editor: The term “free range” sounds prettier than it usually is. Egg production, including on free-range farms, entails the mass killing of newborn male chicks, a point made in Nicholas D. Kristof’s column.