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An Open Letter to Outdoor/Feral Cat Supporters

10,000 Birds

Can you convince yourselves that your cat does not kill birds, when statistics show pet cats only bring home 23% of their kills? It’s so much easier to delete a picture than to end the life of a mortally wounded cat-caught bird, like this Downy Woodpecker … who is alive, but not for long. There is no moral ambiguity here.

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Sen. Franken to Introduce Bill to Increase Use of Service Dogs for Vets

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My bill will help train a statistically significant number of dogs to measure the benefits to veterans with physical and emotional wounds. Al Franken (suck on that Bill O'Reilly) has introduced a bill to increase the number of service dogs for vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. Statistics come to life in the suffering of one dove or one mockingbird, the one needlessly stricken and dying for the sake of a personal choice. They simply helped me with my bird.

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