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How to ‘treat’ your cat right

4 The Love Of Animals

Pets come to depend on their owners, trusting them to do what’s best for them, and every owner should make the effort to treat their pet right. Just like people, pets that are not treated right can suffer from stress and other health problems, and an inadequate diet, for example, will make cats more prone to infections and illnesses.

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Chongming Island in winter

10,000 Birds

Located right where the Yangtze River enters the sea (and dividing it into two parts), it is mostly flat farmland. In contrast to this joyful look, Black-winged Kites prefer an aura of mystery – pretending to be extras in a “Game of Thrones” sequel, I guess. It seems this Eurasian Hoopoe has read some of these books.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

Those who work to help repopulate and protect decimated bird colonies do it because it’s critically important, it’s right, it’s just, and at the end there is the unimaginable joy of seeing a wild bird spread its wings and disappear into the sky. Who suffers for these crimes? People do not work with wildlife for fame and fortune.

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On Surreal Lobster Advocacy

Animal Person

Yesterday I received an e-mail alert from the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) regarding " a coin operated game that uses live lobsters at the Royal Palm Ale House in Royal Palm Beach. In this game, the object is to pluck live lobsters out of the water with a joystick-controlled crane."

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What makes a good bird guide?

10,000 Birds

In my eyes, what counts is how someone plays the game. One thing every guide should avoid – and it may be hard to resist, especially when it is some mega, is giving useless information like: “Right there, two weeks ago, I’ve seen an Elvis Bird.” I remember one guide in the south of Africa. Bhola Mawaskar is a man of his word.

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On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

Old-speciesists have a rights view of at least some humans but a utilitarian view of nonhumans (18). Would intelligent beings riot over the out come of a soccer game? In some sense, of course, many (perhaps most) humans don't know right from wrong. Smoke, eat, and drink themselves to death?

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The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

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Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. Historically, National Wildlife Refuges viewed the “Duck Factory” (game bird conservation) as a high priority, while relegating non-game issues to a lower rung.

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