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Steven M. Wise on Legal Rights for Animals

Animal Ethics

In 2002 the German Parliament amended Article 26 of the Basic Law to give nonhuman animals the right to be “respected as fellow creatures” and to be protected from “avoidable pain.” But a change in the common law (which Germany does not have) may be the most likely of all. What is the common law? Salem and Andrew N.

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

Critter News

The WS program operates in accordance with its program wide Environmental Impact Statement, local environmental assessments and workplans, and Federal, State, and local laws and regulations, including the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

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Sonia Sotomayor on Empathy

Animal Ethics

Sonia Sotomayor, " A Latina Judge's Voice ," Berkeley La Raza Law Journal 13 [2002]: 87-93, at 88) Note from KBJ: Does Judge Sotomayor have empathy for animals? Apparently not. Does she have empathy for fetuses? Does she have empathy for white males?

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Collaborative List – October 2018

10,000 Birds

It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. Tom’s own list continues apace Those of us who have tried to do a big year know how tough it gets on the homeward stretch and will be rooting for him. The beats have now contributed more checklists than birds. Black-fronted Dotterel – Elseyornis melanops.

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