Animal Person

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

However I cannot see a rational argument for saying eating dogs or cats is barbaric while eating pork or beef is fine. If you eat meat you cannot logically find it morally or ethically repugnant to eat a particular meat (I’m setting cannibalism aside here.). I'm intrigued by his mention of cannibalism, even if to set it aside.

Pigs 100

Pigs Ethics Suffering Meat 100

Critter News

JULY 2, 2009

Animal experts descended for investigations of their own, and employee morale sank to an all- time low. The lion house, which provided sleeping cages for all the zoo's big cats, was shut down. The zoo's budget fell into the red as it tried to recover. Now, facing a $2.2 The Dhaliwals were awarded $900,000.

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San Francisco Zoos Tigers 2009 100

Animal Person

JULY 22, 2009

I'd rather trap a feral cat and have her spayed. I'm not talking about morality here, I'm talking about language. And the real question is, is there thought--or is there morality-without language? Maybe sugar processed with bone char isn't worth boycotting a restaurant over. Maybe it is.

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Vegan Feral Cats Morals Spay 100

Animal Person

JANUARY 6, 2010

Dolphins are so smart that scientists think they should be treated as "non-human persons" and as such it is "morally unacceptable" to use or kill them. The entire discussion, I fear, will be about comparing dolphins to humans and the more human-like they are, the more intelligent they are, and the more worthy of moral consideration they are.

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Dolphins Animal Rights Rights Animal 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

The question (presumably) is whether animals have moral status, i.e., whether the interests of animals must be taken into account in our deliberations. Using “who” assumes that the being in question has moral status (even if not full-blown personhood). Does your dog have the same moral status as your car?

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Morals Animal Dogs Cats 40

Animal Person

MARCH 28, 2009

Project Treadstone If anyone in Palm Beach County wants to get involved in the Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) of feral cats, now is the time, as the county's Spay Shuttle is back in business (but for a whopping $40/cat rather than the original $15), and Pahokee ($25/cat) is open as well. c1369 CHAUCER Dethe Blaunche (Fairf.)

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Project Treadstone Welfare Trap Neuter Return Cats 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

If the goal is not moral perfection for ourselves, but the maximum benefit for animals, half-measures ought to be encouraged and appreciated. Mr. Steiner rightly rejects this view as morally flawed. If we are not justified in eating mackerel ourselves, are we not also morally obligated to stop the slaughter brought on by the tuna?

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New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2007

Here are three paragraphs from a recent essay by Roger Scruton : As I suggested, science provides authority for this weird morality only when clothed in moral doctrine. Scruton appears to be saying that it’s selfish, or self-indulgent, to live with, love, and provide for dogs, cats, birds, and other animals.

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Animal Morals Apes Emotional 40

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

Here are some of my favorite quotes: " Companion anima l reduces a dog, cat, or other nonhuman to the role of companion. I'd rather extend moral consideration to something that can't suffer than fail to extend it to someone who can" (154). Using who for every creature with a nervous system avoids dismissing any sentient being.

Animal 100

Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 30, 2007

There is no moral difference between eating a dog or a pig, a cat or a chicken. For the same reason that most of us would not eat our pets, we should also not eat chickens, pigs or other animals. Borders Jr.

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New York Times New York Louisville Pigs 40

Animal Ethics

JUNE 11, 2008

I should think that the trustee of funds willed to a dog or cat is more than a mere custodian of the animal he protects. So far McCloskey is on solid ground, but one can quarrel with his denial that any animals but humans have interests. Rather his job is to look out for the interests of the animal and make sure no one denies it its due.

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2004 Animal Rights Rights Animal 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

My interactions with farm animals have been as affectionate and fun as any I've had with dogs or cats. In the name of moral consistency I became a vegetarian four years ago. The fury this meal caused my friends and family back in America motivated me to examine whether eating any animal was justified.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

He's right with his implication that stopping the seizing of pets and strays simply created a more efficient, effective means of commodifying and torturing dogs and cats. Engber writes of experimenting on cats and on the "furtive language" vivisectionists use to decrease the emotional impact of what they do. Maybe on paper.

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Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2008

There is a difficulty about drawing from all this a moral for ourselves. But then we can say this because we can say that all those are bad moralities, whereas we cannot look at our own moralities and declare them bad. This sympathy can be a basis for revising one's moral principles so as to take animals into account.

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Morals Factory Farm Factory Farming Neglecting 40

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

There's not enough evidence for an accusation of moral relativism, but for me the message is a mixed one. Then again, he is not against the consumption of animals, " in general " (198). He is against it for himself and his family.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

You may not agree with it… but for millions of people across this nation hunting is a moral thing to do. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. .&# And then you seem to have no tolerance of a voice that that has a different viewpoint. Wicked, right?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 260

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2023

The female is less colorful and also sometimes seems to be in need of some good brushing, like the one I sometimes give to those of my cats who do not run away fast enough. For the autumn season of 2023, this would be the sighting of a male Yellow-rumped Flycatcher on August 27.

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Birds China Taiwan Raised 130