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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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Osprey Cam

10,000 Birds

One of the interesting things about web cams is that as they foster familiarity, they also favor the familiar human urge to impose narrative. One of the interesting things about web cams is that as they foster familiarity, they also favor the familiar human urge to impose narrative.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 12 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. The Argument from Brutalization The previous argument was based on an alleged indirect effect on human beings of not eating meat. Conversely, vegetarianism, it is argued, tends to humanize people. But Hitler was also a vegetarian.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

10,000 Birds

A new willingness among scientists to consider certain moral and ethical implications with respect to wild animals, where previously utilitarian ideas prevailed, including ideas of intrinsic value. The use of wildlife for subsistence purposes by human populations should not be equated with their commercial consumptive use.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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And, Essay #195, “Our Human Values: The Ugly,” describes the standoff between catfish loving Double-crested Cormorants and catfish farmers in the Missouri Valley. I’m not sure if “the Ugly” refers to the cormorant itself or human reaction (catfish farmers are officially allowed to shoot the birds).

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Tom Regan on the Animal-Rights Movement

Animal Ethics

To overcome the collective entropy of these forces-against-change will not be easy. Moral philosophy is no substitute for political action. It is simply projustice, insisting only that the scope of justice be seen to include respect for the rights of animals. The animal rights movement is not for the faint of heart.

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Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?

Animal Person

For generations in the past, the story of animals came from their collective wisdom and heritage, from what we might call their myths and legends. Juluri's focus on animals used to entertain humans is intentional and speaks to the legal battle he refers to.