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Falcon Wild by Terry Lynn Johnson

10,000 Birds

Falcon Wild is a new book in that long tradition, and this one features a more realistic (though still very slightly romanticized) portrait of a human/animal partnership. Stark, a white Gyrfalcon , is a falconry bird born and raised.

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On Compassionate Bullets

Animal Person

A comment left yesterday on a two-year old post, by None Please presented a phrase I've never heard before and I'd like to address it. "In Or to get struck by an automobile, die slowly, of failing internal organs, and be unfit for human consumption." thinking about the ways in which the deers have a "BIG" human problem.

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On "Wild Justice"

Animal Person

" Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals ," By Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce, is the most recent (for me) book that debunks myths about the differences between human and nonhuman animals. Also, Bekoff and Pierce present a descriptive view, not a normative view of morality. There are no judgments.

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Introducing the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge

10,000 Birds

The steeper slopes have some of the same vitality as the pronghorn (still present, though their numbers are down dramatically after a hard, snowy winter two years ago.) Like the Rockies, though, this is a harsh beauty, not an ideal climate for the human animal by any means.

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Earth Day Lecture

Animal Ethics

Since a number of "Animal Ethics" readers reside in the northern Illinois area, I thought I would call your attention to an exciting lecture that is taking place on Northern Illinois University's campus. She specializes in Environmental Ethics, Human-Animal Ethics, and Moral Psychology. Jenni, Ph.D.

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Rescue for the rescuer.

4 The Love Of Animals

As an Animal Communicator, Cherie has made it her mission to give all animals a voice, deepen the human animal relationship and help raise the compassion level for all living things. Cherie can be reached through her website [link]. You may also contact her directly at cherie@cheriev.com or 818.577.5247.

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