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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

10,000 Birds

Terrestrial animals could drown; will not be able to access the necessary ranges; be trapped; suffer diminished genetic diversity; and possibly become extirpated and/or extinct. It’s no longer the Middle Ages when ‘wall-building’ was a strategy to keep ‘them’ away from ‘us’. Public lands at risk. Image by NPCA. 27, August 2018, Vol.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Engber mentions that in 1972, the USDA put into place "a special exemption for rats, mice, and birds, allowing scientists to treat them however they saw fit—in cages of any size, in experiments with any degree of pain and suffering. That exemption remains in force, despite Schwindaman's later attempts to overturn it. And for what?

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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

And that means for the animal rights movement: Social entities like compassion, empathy and suffering are very important factors to motivate humans to change their behaviour. And the only way to totally alleviate that suffering is to not use the animal. The campaign should not demand huge changes in society.