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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Inhumane confinement, illegal anticompetitive practices and factory farming hurt animals, the environment, the consumer, the public health and the farmer. Reversing the agricultural trends of the last half century is a policy area where almost everyone’s interests are aligned.

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The Whistle Blowers

10,000 Birds

Let’s briefly look at some of the conservation efforts that have helped in reversing the downward trend. Between 1985 and 1991, the ducks suffered a further drastic decline with fewer than 100 birds estimated from Grand Cayman. First recorded in the Cayman Islands in 1916, the birds were described as “not uncommon&#.