links for 2007-04-14

“Tiny bits of protein extracted from a 68-million-year-old dinosaur bone have given scientists the first genetic proof that the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex is a distant cousin to the modern chicken.” We could never factory farm a Tyrannosaurus rex.

A San Jose-based egg producer is trying to build a poultry farm that will house up to 900,000 chickens on unincorporated farmland near an animal sanctuary. There are plenty of opponents, to be sure.