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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Several countries, including Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Greece, Peru, Britain and Paraguay, have already imposed or approved bans. Why is the United States lagging so far behind?

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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

10,000 Birds

At least in the northeastern United States, their rate of so doing is high, according to research I summarized here. Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia – small, non-descript and even harder to spot – at the Kerkini Lake in Greece in April: We were hastily getting out of the van and, at the same time, it took N. –

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