10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2012

Individuals will also press their chest against ground in the shade in order to cool off from the heat of the day. The tail, which is actually only white on the underside, is held over its back for use as a sunshade.

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Squirrels Chipmunks Idaho Mammals 209

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

He talks about how he approaches bird illustration in an article on the Princeton University Press web site, and it’s worth reading to get a sense of how much work has gone into these images. I thought they were too light; I continually had the urge to press a computer key to darken the tone, as one does in Photoshop.

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Critter News

JUNE 28, 2009

Crowded and filthy conditions mean suffering for hens. How much suffering can and should they endure without significantly affecting the human pocketbook. From the Clemson press release. One would think it would be elementary. But it's not just about the hens.it's about the money. Or corporate net income.

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Hens Eggs Investigation Animal Welfare South Carolina 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

From the Detroit Free Press. An Arlington, Texas, municipal judge ruled that the animals suffered from neglect and cruel conditions, and an appeal by the company's owners to a higher court was denied last weekend. This rescue is the result of a PETA undercover investigation. See, husband, this is why I like PETA!)

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Texas Rescue Detroit Arlington 100

Critter News

MAY 27, 2009

From the HSUS press release: KENNEWICK, Wash. - Some of the dogs suffered from malnutrition, urine burns and overgrown nails. Dogs were seized at a Kennewick puppy mill with the help of the HSUS. H/t to HelpAnimals on Twitter.

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Puppy Mills Puppies Humane Society Of The United States HSUS 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Occasionally I’d drink way too much vodka and write my long-suffering agent long diatribes with the subject line SHALL I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HATE BEING A WRITER??? Perch Press (March 24, 2020). I was trying to stretch out my savings, so I barely turned on the lights and in the winter kept the heat to 60 degrees. ISBN: 0578612003.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 267

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

From a press release by the American Bird Conservancy. Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. The outcome of today’s trial will undoubtedly embolden extremist groups.

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Extremist Oregon Wildlife illegal 157

Critter News

MAY 15, 2009

At the same time, the opinion of the European Parliament is that these objectives have to be achieved without impeding research on various serious diseases in Europe, reported the parliament’s press room. My personal philosophy is that millions of animals shouldn't suffer on anyone's behalf, especially when they do so against their will.

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Experience Experiments Medical Research Animal Research 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2013

A pitfall of the compact and bridge cameras is that many of them suffer from shutter lag. The shutter releases a few moments after the button is pressed, making it difficult to get exactly the picture that you are hoping for. If you use a compact or bridge-type camera, the ‘sport’ function does a similar job.

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Branding Adoptable Suffering Raised 162

Animal Ethics

JULY 24, 2012

Especially because animals are made to suffer in the pursuit of human purposes—in the name of "efficient" factory farming, for example, or in pursuit of scientific knowledge—the utilitarian injunction to count their suffering and to count it equitably must strike a responsive moral chord. Because animals are sentient (i.e.,

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Los Angeles Animal Rights Movement Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 8, 2012

The central case of cruelty appears to be the case where, in Locke's apt phrase, one takes "a seeming kind of Pleasure" in causing another to suffer. Some cruel people do not feel pleasure in making others suffer. Let us term this sadistic cruelty. Indeed, they seem not to feel anything.

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Cruelty Los Angeles Suffering Inhumane 40

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 20, 2012

Being homeless, at first, this cat became one of the top-figures in press, both newspapers and TVs: even Oprah Winfrey has talked about her in own talk-show! In 2008, Scarlett’s state of health has deteriorated; she suffered kidney failure, the heart noise, lymphoma and other diseases.

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Homelessness Cats Kittens 2008 100

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

Below is a press release about the mailing. The meat industry is inherently destructive and inhumane, there is no way to make it otherwise, and much of the harm it does to ecosystems is by inflicting suffering and death on billions of nonhuman animals, farmed and free-living, each year. Another went out last Friday.

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Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

But that is what happened on Tuesday evening and I had to suffer the email reports, pictures, and facebook status updates of New York State birders who were fortunate enough to see a Northern Wheatear , a bird I had never seen in North America, at the Croton Train Station in Westchester County.

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New York New York City Kazakhstan New Jersey 166

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

The whole setup is very nicely balanced and at just over 2.5kg I can easily hold it for longer periods without suffering from fatigue. I like this setup as it is much better suited for my personal style of digiscoping. I like to be flexible, quick and more active in the field.

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Adoptable Suffering Australia Ducks 206

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Interests arise, Singer contends, from the capacity to feel pain, which he labels a 'prerequisite' for having interests at all; and animals can and do suffer, can and do feel pain.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory Slaughter 40

Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

Received this press release yesterday. BFUSA’s mission is to end suffering of wild animals in captivity, conserve threatened and endangered species, and encourage compassionate conservation globally.

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Fur Animal Welfare Ethics Primates 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

If our liking for meat is in fact more intense than our revulsion at the suffering endured on factory farms, then we are going to remain meat-eaters, with the result that, if the vegetarian has grounded his case in an appeal to our feelings, then that case is in jeopardy.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Vegetarian Meat 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 11, 2007

Animals as well as humans can suffer pain, deprivation, and unwanted death. Franklin, Animal Rights and Moral Philosophy [New York: Columbia University Press, 2005], 45 [endnote omitted]) Vegetables cannot. Hence there is a very fundamental and relevant sense in which we cannot harm a vegetable.

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Unwanted Animal 2005 Morals 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 31, 2007

Each one of these animals suffered extreme cruel and inhumane conditions in the transportation and slaughter process. Surely a nation and a national press that can expend so much attention on the life and death of one racehorse should be able to muster the compassion to pass legislation that would end this cruelty.

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New York Times New York Horse Slaughter Slaughter 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

According to this Associated Press story, if you are wearing a Sean John jacket with fur trim purchased from Macy's, that trim might have come from a dog indigenous to Asia known as a "raccoon dog." According to HSUS's investigation (detailed in their press release ), the Sean John Hooded Snorkel Jacket on sale at macys.com for $237.99

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Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40

Animal Ethics

MAY 4, 2008

Animal rights ideology holds that moral worth comes with sentience or the ability to suffer. Taylor in Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986). Addendum: Smith appears not to understand the animal-rights movement. It is one of the best books I've read.

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Rights Animal Rights Movement Morals Ethical Treatment 40

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

When I answered the phone, I inadvertently pressed the “speakerphone” button, and as soon as Emily heard her daddy’s voice, she trotted over to the phone to rub her face on it. So much for the predator instinct. When I informed Dave of what Emily and I were doing, he reminded me that some frogs are fatally poisonous to cats.

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Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

As always, you are reminded that if you take the time to look at this post YOU MUST SHARE YOUR BEST GUESSES or you will suffer from broken optics, missed life birds, and the clap. Without further ado here are the three images. If you didn’t win a free copy of The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds , better go buy a copy.

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2011 Bald Eagle Sparrows Parrots 194

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

He is the author of several books, including Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990) and The Case Against Christianity (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991). Michael Martin is a professor of philosophy at Boston University.

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