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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

10,000 Birds

Neighbor B tells her that his cats wouldn’t be happy indoors, that cats’ hunting is “natural,” and that he has no intention of keeping his cats inside. Neighbor A’s private property and peace of mind are both suffering because of the cats, which are killing government-protected species. It’s time for this to end.

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On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

Most believe that it's wrong to hunt animals for sport, but sport hunting is legal. Two-thirds believe that nonhumans have as much "right to live free of suffering" as humans, but vivisection, food-industry enslavement and slaughter, and other practices that cause severe, prolonged suffering are legal (49).

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The great green Caribbean lowlands – Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Sergio and I continue to a sloth shelter, where, waiting for the tour, I sit in a café. Working with the local jaguar conservancy, he learned that there are 10 or 11 different animals hunting peccaries and other prey at Selva Bananito. He answers: “Maybe the ganja those guys are smoking makes it that strong.”.