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Commentary: The original locavores

Commentary: The original locavores

Dan Murphy   |   Updated: October 12, 2011 One of the indelible memories I still carry from childhood was the annual hunting trip my dad took with a group of co-workers every fall. They’d head out for a week of bow hunting in the hills surrounding the Finger Lakes region of western New York with a [...]

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‘Hero’ Hunter Was Killed by Pal, Not Grizzly

‘Hero’ Hunter Was Killed by Pal, Not Grizzly

So the wounded grizzly, (foolishly and illegally shot by a member of the dead man’s party) did NOT kill the fellow. the human victim was (foolishly and illegally) shot by his friend – just another case of death by fellow hunter? but there’s no headline to exonerate the bear, even though the most dangerous animal [...]

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More Thoughts on “Humane Meat”

Conscientious consumers have known for decades that animals raised in factory farms are animals that have experienced immense suffering. The litany of horrors hardly needs repeating, but most consumers are familiar with the crushing confinement, the disease and manure-ridden stalls, over-breeding, mechanized fertilization, the incessant dosing of antibiotics and vaccines, the cold lack of affection, [...]

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