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From Today's Los Angeles Times

Animal Ethics

Further, did those who reacted so strongly to Harambe’s killing go home and serve meat to their children? The zoo, surely, carries responsibility for deficiencies in its enclosure. The hysteria of the crowd surely played a part in escalating an already frightening situation. This horrible incident has raised some tough questions indeed.

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

10,000 Birds

Wikipedia also has an interesting paragraph hinting at observation bias in ornithologists: “At the continental scale, saddle-billed storks preferred protected areas that have a higher extent of open water compared to areas without the storks. The benefit for the wasps is that they get to keep a beautiful pet.

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