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

10,000 Birds

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). A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. It has become the cornerstone of U.S.

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Washington Town to Become Horse Slaughter Capital?

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The story, by author and animal rights activist Ernest Dempsey calls Stanwood, Washington “Death Row for horses” because of the location not far away of a “major buying station, collection point and feedlot for U.S. Augustine, Florida doesn’t mince any words when it comes to what’s afoot in the Stanwood area.

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NBC News 4 Covers the Killing of Snowy Owls at JFK Airport – Updated!

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And, while you’re here, why not sign the petition to stop the senseless slaughter of Snowy Owls at JFK ? 99 Washington Ave. 99 Washington Ave. I just wish I had said some things differently though it might not have mattered as not everything I said made the air anyway (obviously). 1 Commerce Plaza. 1 Commerce Plaza.

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A Win-Lose Proposition for Farmers and Consumers

Animal Person

People whose careers involve creating, fattening, transporting and slaughtering sentient nonhumans whose parts and secretions will then be used as food are having some financial difficulties. Along with the rest of the country.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: As sponsors of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act , we take issue with Christa Weil’s views on the horsemeat industry ( Op-Ed , March 5). The horse slaughter industry in the United States has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty. Senator) Mary Landrieu (Rep.)

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

If Mr. Nocera actually had such clairvoyant powers over the meat-packing industry, why didn’t he put them to use last autumn and blow the whistle on the Westland/Hallmark slaughter plant? Wayne Pacelle President and Chief Executive The Humane Society of the United States Washington, March 8, 2008

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Slaughter Member of Congress, 28th District, New York Washington, Sept. The American Medical Association, the Infectious Disease Society of America and the American Academy of Pediatrics are among the more than 350 health, agriculture and other groups nationwide that have endorsed this bill.