Animal Ethics
AUGUST 15, 2012
The rights view is not opposed to efforts to save endangered species. If people are encouraged to believe that the harm done to animals matters morally only when these animals belong to endangered species, then these same people will be encouraged to regard the harm done to other animals as morally acceptable.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2011
He is a Bird of bad moral Character. The banning of DDT and subsequent management of the species led to Bald Eagles being the poster child for the success of the Endangered Species Act. He does not get his Living honestly.
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Block pleaded guilty in February to felony conspiracy to violate the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts by conspiring to smuggle orangutans. This is the case in which six infant orangs were discovered on February 20, 1990, at the Bangkok airport in two small containers marked "Live Birds." Completion date: 2002-11-15.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
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. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2024
” Other parts of the abstract also read like academic descriptions of pornographic movies: “The occurrence of extra-pair copulations depended upon the absence of the cuckolder’s mate and the cuckolded male” This Little Ringed Plover is not endangered but is clearly having a bad hair day.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2018
Thank God most human beings have developed a more modern view of wildlife and acknowledge that some animals display sufficient consciousness and self-awareness to deserve moral consideration. These beliefs allow them to treat other animals however they see fit. Why would any human being think that killing a Giraffe ( Giraffa ) is a good idea?
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