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H. J. McCloskey on Punishment of Cruelty to Animals

Animal Ethics

[T]here is another class of cases where the state is accorded the right to interfere with the individual when he is not interfering with any other person, namely, where cruelty to animals is involved.

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Week Fourteen: The Center of Australia, and Sydney Part #1

10,000 Birds

When we were at an amazing rock formation, called the Olgas, or Kata-Tjutas as the locals call them, this Nankeen Kestrel hunted all around me for well over 30 minutes before drifting away in search of better hunting grounds. This Pied Butcherbird was right at the base to Ayres Rock.

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Birding across the north of Australia in July

10,000 Birds

Flock Bronzewings were in the hundreds through this area and Nankeen Kestrels hunted small prey through the grass. Red Kangaroos often stood in the middle of the single lane bitumen across the north of Australia and were in no rush to move on. Red Kangaroos. Australian Bustard. An area of highway that floods.

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