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It’s On: The Rusty Blackbird Migration Blitz!

10,000 Birds

Specifically, the plight of the Rusty Blackbird , which has experienced the sharpest rate of decline among North American landbirds, according to the International Rusty Blackbird Working Group (IRBWG), and has a conservation status of Vulnerable. That makes protecting these sites a challenge.

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Black Bear

Animal Person

During a brief moment of insanity after the death of my pet kitty Brady in 1991 (at the age of 17), I attended Vermont Law School to study Environmental Law. South Royalton, Vermont is a picturesque New England town that in 1991 didn’t even have a stoplight. A group of law school students walked far out of their way to avoid the sight.

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

Neal Barnard, Food for Life: How the New Four Food Groups Can Save Your Life , p. As this Newsweek article and this Washington Post article report, when Gillette boarded a flight from Burlington, Vermont to New York on Oct. Soy formulas are commonly used in hospital nurseries, although they can occasionally be allergenic as well.

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