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The Collared Finchbill

10,000 Birds

A relative of them, the Brown-breasted Bulbul, relies on a different strategy to avoid being cuckolded – placing their nests away from forests (where the cuckoo lives), and aggressively attacking cuckoos. Fortunately for them (though less so for the cuckoo), in one experiment they ejected 100% of all cuckoo model eggs.

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Just Two Lessons Learned for Today

Animal Person

Particularly when vegans and animal rights advocates are a tiny percentage of the population, some find it necessary and desirable to go to a place where they are among friends (for the most part). To talk about the future as if we know what theory or strategy will lead to our goal doesn't make sense. After all, these are my lessons.

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On the Vetsulin "Recall"

Animal Person

Every animal is different, so what I do with Violet won't be the ideal strategy for everyone. Last night, my vet called to update me. He he had just gotten off the phone with Intervet/Schering-Plough and so far, a recall of Vetsulin isn't planned, but it also hasn't been ruled out.

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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

There is a general consensus that vegetarianism and veganism are different philosophically. I do disagree with some of what follows, though, and agree with some as well (my comments are in italics): The animal rights movement must adapt their political campaigning strategies to these psychological facts. How about this?

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

It is certainly likely that a similar phenomenon would occur if vegan vegetarianism became a widespread movement in the U.S. In any case, which various political strategies would be most efficient for achieving humane treatment of animals is an empirical question. 26) that in order to compensate for a declining birth rate in the U.S.,