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The Rogue Agency

by Christopher Ketcham,

A USDA program that tortures dogs and kills endangered species

Cattle Calls

by Ted Conover,

The vanishing breed of the country vet

Dressed to Kill

by John Crowley,

For my birthday last year, my wife bought me three hours with Chris Davis, a master falconer and breeder of hawks. My time would be spent meeting the hawks that…

Bombardment

by David Favrod,

Shark, Florida

by Spencer Murphy,

Between the Dog and the Wolf

by Samuel James,

Killing Deer

by Jean Halley,

A hard death on the high road

Sirocco

by Michael Christopher Brown,

Surf, Turf, and Grief

by Dina Kourda,

From an October 26 letter from Dina Kourda to Joe Dillman, the street-maintenance superintendent in Irvine, California. As a concerned citizen of Irvine, I am writing today on behalf of…

To have and have shot

by Ernest Hemingway,

Claw and order

by Harper’s Staff,