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Domestic or Ganky Geese

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Most of the world’s domestic geese can be traced back thousands of years to the wild Greylag Goose ( Anser anser ) although domestic geese were also bred from Swan Goose ( A. Feral geese run the gamut from pure white to almost entirely gray or brown. cygnoides ) ancestors. cygnoides ) ancestors. Get yours today!

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The fact that geese mate for life, and that the mate of the poor goose that was slaughtered would step forward, was enough to make me swear off meat forever, if I hadn’t already. Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D. Government animal rights regulations may help.

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Foie Gras to Be Banned in California

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Excerpted from The New York Times. Apparently, this will happen in 8 months. I had no idea! In eight months, the sale of foie gras will be banned in California. It was served with veal tongue, yogurt, prosciutto, mustard ice cream and truffles. There was even a foie gras dessert: a brownie sundae with foie gras Chantilly.

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Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage

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These Blasts From The Past Requiem For The Rock Dove Domestic or Ganky Geese Birds at the Feeders in Saugerties Cardinal King Usurped The Sharpie: A Love-Hate Relationship About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Wicked, right?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of March 2011)

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We were at Big John’s pond and a red tailed hawk came out of nowhere and we thought he was going to fly right into the blind. No time to take a picture. Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Thanks for visiting!

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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. Wicked, right? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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Animal Ethics

The vast number of meat eaters brake for geese, call the A.S.P.C.A. What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species. If we must eat conscious beings, we must show them respect. Bertha Rogers Delhi, N.Y., 21, 2008 To the Editor: You rightly capture the magnitude of the problem of ensuring safe food products.