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Much animal news, some of it especially weird

From Harper’s Weekly Review: An Alaska airport plans to use a robot disguised as a coyote or fox to scare off wildlife. Why do I sense this will not go well, in a plethora of ways? Dairy cows have tested … Continue reading

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Animal news: Raul the peacock has landed! Back home

I seem to be behind in my escaped-from-zoos-news lately. The Daily News, though, just told me that Raul, a Bronx Zoo resident, who flew away a couple of days ago, has come home. The peacock people at the Zoo knew … Continue reading

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Animal news: how can there be too many pigs?

From Harper’s Weekly Review: ā€œIā€™m fielding calls day in, day out from farmers all over the country who are in a perilous position, where they have just got far, far too many pigs on their farm,ā€ said the chairman of … Continue reading

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