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Birding – An Extreme Sport

10,000 Birds

All these people were legends – I barely scraped past 2000 in half a century. It has all Big Five animals and a whole lot of other grumpy mammals. Called the family doctor, went by, and got sent to the Tropical Diseases Institute without her taking as much as my pulse… Not good for one’s morale, I can tell you.

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W. V. Quine (1908-2000) on Altruism

Animal Ethics

The predicament in such a non-moral case will concern only the individual and a few associates. When the ultimate values concerned are moral ones, on the other hand, and more particularly altruistic ones, the case is different; for the individual in such a dilemma has all society on his conscience. It need not.

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Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

Critter News

was started by Mathew Block to import primates into the US for animal experimentation. of Defense since 2000. Biggest contracts: $232,500 with Army for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. 49,620 with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. Tags: animal experimentation.

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