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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

10,000 Birds

Mice/rats in your house or business? When queried, he admitted he had recently hired a local company to get rid of the mice in his house. When queried, he admitted he had recently hired a local company to get rid of the mice in his house. Call the pest control company. Alert: they’re lying. He seemed baffled. What to do?

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Spotlight: Lisa Beth Acton, Raising Ravens

10,000 Birds

This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens. They were not aware of wildlife laws, and thought they could raise and release them. We decided to raise them, and hoped they would wild up quickly if we followed the protocol for avoiding imprinting. But this one was a bit different. Release day came. It was great!

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. It's too bad that Latimer's presentation is so obnoxious, as even when he raises what might be valid points, he makes you want to disagree with him.