Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

"The French have already discovered," Bentham wrote, "that the blackness of the skin is no reason why a human being should be abandoned without redress to the caprice of a tormentor. or the termination of the os sacrum are reasons equally insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being to the same plight."

2004 40

2004 Animal Abandon Abandoning 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

In 2004, 2005, and 2009, it was ranked as the most dangerous city in the United States and in 2008 there were 2,333 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. But Camden, poor Camden, is what I want to focus on here. Camden is the poster child for the post industrial collapse of American urban areas.

New Jersey 150

New Jersey United States Philadelphia Delaware 150

Animal Ethics

JULY 24, 2012

To secure the philosophical foundation for animal rights requires abandoning utilitarianism. ( Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 315 [italics in original; ellipsis added] [first edition published in 1983])

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles Animal Rights Movement Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

ALDF points to the following examples for why a registry is needed to help animal guardians, law enforcement and shelters protect their animals: Robert Rydzewski : In 2004, the then 29-year-old upstate New Yorker shot his neighbor’s dog in the face twice. Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax.

Animal Legal Defense Fund 100

Animal Legal Defense Fund ALDF Animal Abuse Hoarding 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2012

Unfortunately only a small remnant patch of forest remains here and I last visited in 2004 so I’m not sure how much of this remnant patch has fallen victim to the axe. Situated slap-bang on the Zim/Mozambique border, this used to be one of the most productive birding sites in the country.

Zimbabwe 189

Zimbabwe Buffalo Mozambique Birds 189