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New York City killed less Canada Geese this year than any year since they started rounding the geese up and slaughtering them. Not only that, but the breast meat of the geese will be donated to food pantries.

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750+ Geese Rounded Up For Slaughter at Jamaica Bay

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New York City’s premiere wildlife refuge proved to be no refuge for Canada Geese on Monday morning as federal agents rounded up 711 geese – including goslings – and packed them up for a trip to upstate New York where they will be gassed and their meat will be provided to food banks.

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Animal Ethics

Key paragraph: "It’s important that each person take responsibility for taking care of themselves," says Edmund Herrold, a clinical cardiologist in New York City and professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. Eliminate meat. Get a regular checkup. Take an aspirin every day.

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Frogs and Toads of the World: A Book Review by a Fairy Tale Junkie

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Now, last December I took my young nephews, Jake and Zach, to a terrific exhibit, Frogs: A Chorus of Colors at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Chapter 2, Size and shape, colour and markings , explores the physical diversity and variability of frogs (and toads).

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Ackerman interviews Robyn Fleming, a research librarian at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, who is documenting every owl-related artwork in the museum’s halls and storerooms, so far identifying 550 pieces. It’s a huge subject, especially when you start looking at owl symbolism as it appears in art.

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Pet-Related Charities Receive Early Holiday Present

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To tap into Americans’ desire to give back, the “$1 Million in ONE Day” campaign, which celebrates Purina ONE®’s newest product beyOnd™, kicked off in New York City with actor Josh Lucas. Of those who have not given to charity this year, nearly two-thirds (59 percent) cite lack of disposable income as the reason.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). It has become the cornerstone of U.S.