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From: richman@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael Richman)
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Subject: Re: Do birds experience pain as we do?
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Date: 21 Mar 90 01:40:38 GMT
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In article <1990Mar20.204745.6549@intercon.com> ooblick@intercon.com (Mikki Barry) writes:
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>I think it would be far safer to assume that they DO experience pain
>so that we never hurt them needlessly.  that goes for outdoor too.
>
>Mikki Barry
>

Now there's an intelligent thought.  Rather than asking the  ori-
ginal  question from the viewpoint of how a bird might measure up
to man in terms of pain, Mikki turns the table and asks  to  show
how they are different.  This has interesting implications to the
original wild birds being treated.  Hats off to you, Mikki (:-).
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