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 Person

APRIL 1, 2010

No living group of nonhuman animals--no existing species of invertebrate, fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or nonhuman mammal--is ancestral to humans. Modern fishes radically differ from the fish who was the last common ancestor of fishes and humans. No frog, toad, or salamander ever was our forebear.

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Speciesism Apes Advocacy Salamander 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2012

That and the moral reprehensiveness of slavery. From there, I do a point count every half-mile for the next 9.5, a miniature version of that well-established national citizen science project the Breeding Bird Survey. It is this kind of logistical genius that undoubtedly contributed to the failure of the South to effectively secede.

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North Carolina Transported Morals Science 162

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

At a minimum, catching and releasing a fish inflicts pain, terror, and temporary disability. Many fishes are released with a gaping hole where they were stabbed and held aloft for photos" (66). . Fishers who catch and release may kill more fishes than those who catch only the number they're legally allowed to keep.

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Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Even watching fish in an aquarium can help reduce muscle tension and lower pulse rate. Caring for a pet can bring pleasure and help boost your morale and optimism. Pet owners have lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels (indicators of heart disease) than those without pets.

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Pets Emotional Dogs Cats 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 4, 2006

Here is a New York Times editorial opinion about organic fish. Note that this debate is independent of the debate about the moral permissibility of eating fish. If organically raised fish suffer less than nonorganically raised fish, it is an accident, morally speaking.

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Morals New York Times Raised New York 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2014

Many may find the inclusion of the Osprey into a post on German eagles odd, but the German name of the Osprey translates to “Fish Eagle”, and German birders would find it self-evident to include the species here. So here they are, the German eagles… Osprey. Ospreys have shown a remarkable recovery in Germany.

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Eagles Germany Breeding Hunting 178

Animal Ethics

MARCH 3, 2008

Its validity is limited by other moral imperatives. The interests in nourishment and in gustatory pleasure lead man to kill and eat cattle, fish, and fowl. This cuts down on the long-range satisfactions of the cattle, the fish, and the fowl. But sound reason denies that love is the whole duty of man. But few people do this.

Lamb 40

Lamb Fowl Morals Animal 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2022

Surprisingly, the moral of the story ( as cited by the Brothers Grimm ) includes one aspect that I had never considered: “The moral of this story is, first, that no one, however distinguished he thinks himself, should make fun of a lesser man, even if this man is a hedgehog. but without the bitter taste of losing a race.

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Mongolia Hedgehogs Russia Morals 234

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

I eat chicken, fish, and eggs. That depends on whether there are morally relevant differences between chickens and fish on the one hand and cows, pigs, and sheep on the other. (I Surely that counts for something, morally. Does that mean he was not expressing profound moral truths? Am I a hypocrite?

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Vegetarian Morals Chickens Lamb 40

Animal Ethics

MAY 21, 2008

Hitherto I had stuck to my resolution of not eating animal food, and on this occasion consider'd, with my master Tryon, the taking every fish as a kind of unprovoked murder, since none of them had, or ever could do us any injury that might justify the slaughter. All this seemed very reasonable.

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Vegetarian Boston Fish Slaughter 40

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Dog and Fish: Improbable Friends. Fish are often difficult to identify with or feel for. Is this moral? He says of this behavior, “It was a moral raven seeking the human equivalent of justice, because it defended the group’s interest at a potential cost to itself.&#. Photos courtesy of iStock.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

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. Serious examination of the national funding paradigm and how it contributes to the conservation choices made on both federal and state levels. .”

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 254

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

He doesn’t recognize the public health and ecological harms caused by industrial food animal production methods, including increased antibiotic resistance, polluted drinking water, huge fish kills and impaired air quality leading to respiratory illness. We have a hard enough time figuring out what makes people happy, but chickens?

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New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. The ability to feel pain is not an obviously plausible way of morally distinguishing microorganisms from other organisms. What Meat Should Not Be Eaten?

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Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

We’re all connected through email and listservs, and we all swap information and provide each other with moral support. The story of smuggling an eagle to Canada is fiction, as it would be far too stressful even for a bird used to being around people. The rehabber connection, though, is very real. The book is darkly funny.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 278

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. 26 Nov 2019.

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2019 Farming Sparrows Charlotte 156

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunters and fish and wildlife departments having a stake in Sandhills is a great thing. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too. Kentucky Dept.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

And if you know someone who still eats fish or anyone else from the sea, this is a fantastic book, as I don't recall anyone giving sea creatures the respect they deserve in a long time (and telling their audience the truth about their lives and deaths). N]o fish gets a good death. He is against it for himself and his family.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. 21 Jan 2020. 10 Jan 2020.

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2020 Wildlife Reserve Tigers Wildlife 177

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2017

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Purple Sandpiper – Calidris maritima. Point Lookout. 18 Feb 2017.

2017 133

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 133

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. enta fish farm.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

a fish farm. a fish farm. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. a fish farm. Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Ujarrás–Lago Cachi overlook. 17 Feb 2017. Gray-headed Kite – Leptodon cayanensis. road to Playa Azul. 02 Jun 2017. inska šuma NR / Živa?a

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Sakule fish farm (Jer Lake). enta fish farm. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus ichthyaetus. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. enta fish farm. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus ichthyaetus. 24 Feb 2019. 26 Feb 2019.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2017

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Purple Sandpiper – Calidris maritima. Point Lookout. 18 Feb 2017.

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2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. PN Los Quetzales–KM 76, Providencia road. 24 Feb 2019. 26 Feb 2019.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Jamaica 113

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Fort Tilden–Fishermans Parking Lot. 01 Jan 2017. Least Sandpiper – Calidris minutilla. Airport Mangroves.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2017

But this post isn’t about water slides, $15 rum drinks, the horrors of tourist traps, or the morality of pocketing bread from the breakfast buffet for later. Perhaps this Osprey will be fishing in New York in a month or so. No, this post is about birding, birding the Lakeview Drive Ponds in particular.

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Bahamas Puerto Rico Birds Louisiana 108

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Others might argue that what is important is the level of the animal's evolutionary development, so that while it is acceptable to eat poultry one should abstain from the flesh of animals, or while it is acceptable to eat fish one should abstain from the flesh of warm-blooded animals.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Foie Gras Veal Meat 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Ever the moral perfectionist, Franklin argued that the turkey was a much more honorable and determined fowl, and suggested the bird – as an “original Native of America” – would make a decidedly more fitting avian mascot for the United States (seemingly implying – incorrectly – that the Bald Eagle is not an indigenous New World species).

2017 159

2017 Bald Eagle United States Turkey 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2017

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Purple Sandpiper – Calidris maritima. Point Lookout. 18 Feb 2017. Least Sandpiper – Calidris minutilla.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Tirat Zvi fish ponds. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Brown Fish-Owl – Ketupa zeylonensis. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. 18 Feb 2016.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2016

Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Brown Fish-Owl – Ketupa zeylonensis. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. 18 Feb 2016. West Kirby.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Brown Fish-Owl – Ketupa zeylonensis. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2016

Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Brown Fish-Owl – Ketupa zeylonensis. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. 18 Feb 2016. West Kirby.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Pallas’s Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus leucoryphus. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle – Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus. Tirat Zvi fish ponds. Brown Fish-Owl – Ketupa zeylonensis. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. 18 Feb 2016. West Kirby.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100