Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Engber mentions that in 1972, the USDA put into place "a special exemption for rats, mice, and birds, allowing scientists to treat them however they saw fit—in cages of any size, in experiments with any degree of pain and suffering. That exemption remains in force, despite Schwindaman's later attempts to overturn it. And for what?

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2013

The subject of birds faced with extreme cold recently became a matter of great interest to me, if only because I would like to believe that there will still be some Gray-crowned Rosy-finches left alive in the state of Montana after our temperatures rise back up out of the sub-basement.

Montana 169

Montana Shelters Suffering Ducks 169

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. The new rankings will be used in a major conservation initiative called the Edge of Existence program at the London Zoo. Also written up here. The original paper is here.

Birds 178

Birds Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines 178

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

My ABA list suffered from poor documentation, while keeping track of country, state, and county lists wasn’t even a viable option. My strategy is to let the software take care of it from now on. The eBird interface allows a user to slice and dice lists and sightings in almost every way imaginable.

Arizona 175

Arizona Belize Adoptable ALA 175

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

And that means for the animal rights movement: Social entities like compassion, empathy and suffering are very important factors to motivate humans to change their behaviour. And the only way to totally alleviate that suffering is to not use the animal. And the only way to totally alleviate that suffering is to not use the animal.

Psychology 100

Psychology Campaign Animal Rights Movement Suffering 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly. KBJ: Singer’s claim is that one should not contribute, even incrementally, to animal suffering. Each of us can—and should—do many things.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2013

This brings its very own challenges and strategies about which little has been written. However, the following mental strategies helped greatly in learning to enjoy the nature experience nonetheless: 1. These groups will be much more noisy, often listening to their radios, singing and shouting to each other.

Suffering 158

Suffering Birds Indonesia 2013 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

” Blue-bearded Bee-eaters seem to have a pretty clever hunting strategy. The Spot-breasted Parrotbill suffers a bit from having a contradicting scientific species name, guttaticolis , meaning “spot-throated” or “spot-necked” rather than spot-breasted.

Squirrels 137

Squirrels Birds China Bears 137

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

While the conclusion seems fairly established now, the paper still puts it in the usual wordy and careful statement: “The shorter minimum stopover duration of both species in spring may indicate a faster migration than in autumn, suggesting a time-minimizing strategy in spring to reach the breeding grounds as fast as possible.”

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

This allows you to watch birds (well, at least those that are not too noise sensitive) while not having to suffer their sounds. Random thought: What if I had died a month ago and never heard anything from The Burning Hell, nor the new Mountain Goats song “Training Montage” … Such sad and depressing thinking.

Birds 184

Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 184