Wind, Birds & the Power Grid

David Cassuto (x-post from Animal Blawg) Let’s be clear: Our hero favors alternative energy, including wind power.   However, nothing is all good and wind turbines kill birds.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that more than 400,000 birds are killed each...

Some (not very good) Kangaroo News

by David Cassuto (x-post from Animal Blawg) Kangaroos are routinely brutalized and treated as pests in Australia.  This from the email regarding some recent developments: THINKK, the think tank for kangaroos, based at the University of Technology Sydney and supported...

EPA Releases CAFO Emissions Data

David Cassuto (x-post from Animal Blawg) Here’s an interesting development: EPA has released data from a national study of emissions from CAFOS  that raise pigs, broiler chickens, cattle, and turkeys.  Of course, we don’t know how interesting it is because the agency...