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Tom Regan on Human Chauvinism

Animal Ethics

There is a neglected other side to the anthropomorphic coin. This is human chauvinism. The anthropomorphic side reads: "It is anthropomorphic to attribute characteristics to nonhumans that belong only to humans."

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Animal Cruelty at Texas Horse Farm

Critter News

The Humane Society of the United States, SPCA of East Texas and Humane Society of North Texas worked with the Smith County District Attorney's Office to rescue 50 horses from a Lindale property. Most of the horses on the 70-acre ranch are quarter-horses, and most showed signs of neglect and severe emaciation.

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Organizations Putting Animals First

4 The Love Of Animals

Between running errands, working late and worrying about the bottom-line, it’s no wonder our four-legged and winged friends so often go overlooked and neglected. Formed in 2007, this organization seeks to promote the humane treatment of animals by promoting effective animal sanctuary management. Animal Rescue Corps.

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Home-cloning kit for waders.

10,000 Birds

Here is a handy exercise that you can try to give you long frustrating hours on the computer and provide a good excuse to avoid contact with the rest of humanity. In fact if you neglect to do this, it may spoil the natural look of the finished product. Let him cast the first stone.

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Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Christian Cooper comes on screen about two-and-a-half minutes into The Central Park Effect , appreciating a Prothonotary Warbler at ‘the Point’ while telephoning a friend with the news (this is pre-text group), a nice hint of the collegial networks that underlie Central Park birding. Nah, sadly, probably not.

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Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language

10,000 Birds

“Rabeneltern” – raven parents Raven parents, raven mothers, raven fathers – shame on you all, for you are neglecting your children. You see, in German we have three distinct words for different groups of owls. I’d like to point out though that “owly“ is a poor translation.

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Is fostering the answer? We think it is.

4 The Love Of Animals

Animals in the tri-state area are euthanized daily, rescue groups are unable to save as many lives as they wish, and animals spend years in boarding kennels while awaiting adopters to fall in love with them. But perhaps their human passed away, or maybe they fell on hard times and just couldn’t afford pet care any longer.

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