10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

People brought us a Brewer’s Blackbird nestling they’d fed hot dogs and spaghetti,” wrote Veronica Bowers. “He Mourning Doves fed cheerios, raptors fed hot dogs, infant squirrels fed watered down peanut butter because squirrels eat peanuts at the feeder, right?” Nestling songbirds fed hamburger and cat food,” wrote Sean O’Brien.

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 18, 2010

I recently got a chance to read a book called Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog. The book is an amazing and heartfelt look at the unique partnership and bond that search and rescue dogs have with their handlers. The book follows the story of Susannah and her dog Puzzle. Wow, and wow.

Rescue 100

Rescue Dogs Humane Dallas 100

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

It only takes a little imagination to suppose that every bite of hamburger we eat is taking grain away from a hungry child in India. The eating of non-grain-eating animals, e.g., fish and wild game, is morally permissible on this view. The difference between this argument and the arguments considered above should not be overlooked.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40