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With the July 4th holiday last Thursday, fireworks have been in the news, with a stunning New York Times column from Margaret Renkl on the harm they do pets and wildlife, and with a lead Los Angeles Times article today pointing to the air pollution they cause. And as the United States presidential election approaches, it was good to see the Biden administration’s record on animals confronted in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. I discussed both of those issues on the Mark Thompson show last week, focusing on the Biden administration’s backing of the pork industry’s attempt to overturn California’s ban on pork from crated pigs. I hope you will check it out. Margaret Renkl’s beautiful column, headlined “Enough With...

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Between the New York Times Science section focus on pets today, a UK Telegraph article condemning pug promotion, and the extraordinary Time Magazine article, “The Case Against Pets,” DawnWatch is focusing on pets more than usual today. Plus, we have a Scientific American article on natural human diets, a review of “Meet the Neighbors,” a widely distributed piece on the wonder of bees, and another Los-Angeles Times front-page story on the spread of bird flu. Before I explore those, let me thank all of you who wrote to the New York Daily News about candidate’s differing stances on rat extermination. The paper published two letters on the issue, first Julia Serrago’s 2-liner (I always advise that the shorter your letter,...

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