4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 26, 2011

Following the devastating tornado that ravaged Joplin, Missouri, American Humane Association has mobilized its famed Red Star Animal Emergency Services™ team to help the animal victims there. The Red Star team will also be assisting at the Emergency Animal Shelter.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2014

Scientists at the University of Missouri report that most deaths of young birds happen in the first few weeks after fledging. Animal and bird rehabbers are awesome people, but even they suffer the occasional bad apple— in this case, really bad. Another article outside the scope of Bird Week is here.).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

In the grand scheme of things, this is just a small town and only one person was killed due to injuries suffered. Shouldn’t I be much more worried about people in a catastrophe the size of the F5 that hit Joplin, Missouri? 84 homes were destroyed so it was minimal in many ways and I am thankful for that.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

20): Blake Hurst, a former hog farmer and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, cautions that “we can’t ask the pigs what they think.” 20, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst asserts that “production methods should not cause needless suffering,” but the position he takes does just that. But we can ask, and they can answer.

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