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Undercover visit to a turkey insemination factory

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Readers, I like to publish this riveting article by animal-rights activist Jim Mason every Thanksgiving. It’s in honor of the millions of turkeys that will be consumed during the coming week.  After reading it, you may decide to eat something…

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A review of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book: Eating Animals

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A book review by Sally Kneidel, PhD http://sallykneidel.com As a biologist and co-author of two books about the meat industry, I was asked by Jonathan Safran Foer’s publicist to review Foer’s new non-fiction book Eating Animals. I confess I didn’t…

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Second wave of H1N1 declining in numbers but not severity; third wave may be worst

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Text by Sally Kneidel, PhD November 18, 2009 This post now featured on the front page of www.basilandspice.com I talked with a knowledgeable nurse friend yesterday, a woman who takes care of the health needs of hundreds of teenagers.  She…

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Students Assess Biodiversity of Africa’s Tiny Critters

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A Great Student Opportunity In June of 2009, Ken and I helped out with a biodiversity survey in South Africa. Most of the researchers were undergraduates from universities in the U.S.  All of them had already taken a semester-long ecology…

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10% of Louisiana underwater by 2100, says recent study

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The Louisiana coast in the year 2100, according to scientists’ projections of rising seas and reduced sedimentation. Note that New Orleans is far off the coast. Photo courtesy of Science News, 7/18/09. The residents of New Orleans have had it…

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Livestock cause 51% of greenhouse gas emissions

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All photos and text by Sally Kneidel, PhD, of sallykneidel.com and veggierevolution.blogspot.com Photo by Sally Kneidel, PhD I read an article today that blew my socks off – it may be the most significant article I’ve ever read.  It’s online…

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Toad and lizard come to call

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All photos and text by Sally Kneidel, PhD, of sallykneidel.com I had fun this week. To my joy, I was twice asked to retrieve or rescue a little animal in a bad situation. One was an Anolis lizard on my…

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Swearing relieves pain, new neurological study shows

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So there is some merit in swearing. I remember as 9-year-olds, my best friend Tina and I had a hiding place in the woods where we went to “practice” the forbidden swear words we were learning at school. Looks like…

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My daughter says black elderberry got rid of her H1N1 virus

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My daughter Sadie, in her 20s, got sick a few days ago with a flu-like illness.  We didn’t figure out for a couple of days, after talking to a nurse, that her affliction was almost certainly swine flu.  Fever of…

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New study: chicks can add and subtract

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This post now on Google News (10/9/09) Chickens get a pretty bum rap as the dumbest of animals. Maybe that’s why few people have much sympathy for the plight of chickens in our food industry. Take, for example, the hatcheries…

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These days, I blog mostly about nature and wildlife. Even the tiniest creatures make me happy! You'll also find here lots of posts about plant-based foods, health, and ecotourism. Ecotourism can support local people who make a living through sustainable use of wildlife, habitat, and natural resources.

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Our other blog, Veggie Revolution, focuses more on food than this one does, especially the environmental, health and humane aspects of our food choices. That blog was started in 2005 and continues today, while the blog you're reading now began in 2009. Some of the newer posts are on both blogs, but Veggie Rev has at least 260 more posts than this blog, including Sadie's travels to Morocco. In the sidebar of Veggie Rev, you'll see links to each year that can take you back to all the posts for a particular year.

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