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feathers. Breeding sows are kept pregnant
in tiny metal crates. Dairy cows have their
babies snatched away immediately upon
birth, so we can drink their milk.
It was enough to drive someone to
drink. Instead, it drove me to replace the
animal products in my diet with a rich va-
riety of plant-based meats and dairy items
offered by my grocery store. I have since
learned that a cruelty-free diet is also great
for my health and for the health of our
planet.
Edward Newland
Eugene
CHICKEN LITTLE
P45 is playing chicken. He’s playing
against the rest of the world with our coun-
try and our lives. He’s a little boy nutcase,
playing king of the mountain.
Congress needs to take the bag off of
their heads.
You bet I’m angry!!
Marilyn Marcus
Eugene
puk Lake, on the North Slope in Alaska,
in an area which is designated as the “Na-
tional Petroleum Reserve- Alaska” (it was
designated in the 1920s as a petroleum re-
serve but has been managed as “multiple-
use,” allowing for resource extraction and
protection of wildlife habitat).
In 2013, the Obama administration an-
nounced a management plan that protected
Teshekpuk Lake and three million acres of
habitat surrounding it. This was done to
protect an area that is recognized as one of
the most ecologically important wetlands
in the entire Arctic. Tens of thousands of
migratory birds, including endangered
species, and the Teshekpuk caribou herd
depend on the habitat.
The Trump Administration has called
for a review of the 2013 management plan.
At a time when effects of climate change
are daily disaster headlines, Trump seeks
to rescind the Obama Administration’s
protection of vital habitat, in the interest of
facilitating drilling for oil.
Stephen Amy
Eugene
OILY TRUMP
The election of Donald Trump as U.S.
president is having real, catastrophic ef-
fects in the world.
There is a large body of water, Teshek-
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