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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. What do you do when you – a citizen whose rights are protected by the U.S. You call the SWAT team.

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Whales Losing the Will to Live?

Critter News

The steeply declining number of whales in the world's oceans is causing the remaining creatures to suffer loneliness and 'lose the will the live', a leading expert has claimed. The psychological impact of over-hunting on the highly intelligent and sociable animals has been identified as the latest threat to the survival of the species.

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Stupid TLC Show Called "My Monkey Baby"

Critter News

They are not humans and it's not psychologically healthy for them to be treated that way. Who suffers? The individual primate and the species that is depleted for this "trade." Tags: Stupid entertainment primates endangered species. Remember Travis? Stupid TLC. Where is the "learning" in that name?

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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). Having said that, it is very important that you are prepared psychologically for the masses.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

One might first ask, “Why does higher intelligence mean that one species is more valuable than other species?” Second, there are other species besides human beings that have high intelligence, e.g., chimpanzees and dolphins. What should our moral attitude be toward eating members of these species? KBJ: Ditto.

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