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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

10,000 Birds

This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. She is not capable – physically or psychologically – of trapping and getting rid of one cat, let alone nine. SWAT teams would have to be organized privately, town by town, county by county. What can she do?

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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

10,000 Birds

They offer more birds, updated text and taxonomic organization, and shiny, pretty covers featuring signature bird close-ups and abbreviated titles in large block letters. David Sibley notes in the Introduction that the order has been changed in some places so similar species could be placed next to each other for comparison purposes.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

The ability to feel pain is not an obviously plausible way of morally distinguishing microorganisms from other organisms. The question can be raised: Why should these organisms be killed and others not be killed? The very name “vegetarian” suggests that these individuals eat plants, which are living organisms. Why wouldn’t they?

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

Animal Ethics

Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine also recommends breast-feeding infants: Breast-feeding is nature's way of meeting the infant's nutritional needs, and also helps boost immunity, not to mention its psychological benefits. When breast-feeding is not possible, commercial soy formulas are nutritionally adequate.

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Birding Gunung Gede on a weekend without suffering a mental break-down, part 1

10,000 Birds

Indeed, during my short time spent at the park, I have encountered all there is to get below Air Panas, with the exception of maybe two to three species (the laughingthrush and the hanging-parrot and maybe something else I have forgotten). No need to despair if a weekend visit is all you can organize.

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