Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Bad news for horses in the US. Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month. Read the complete article at pantagraph.com.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I have one older riding horse and occasionally some laying hens. To the Editor: Re “ Plan for Tracking Animals Meets Farmers’ Resistance ” (news article, Dec. 13): I live in rural Pennsylvania. I hope everyone who prefers local and pasture-raised animals will speak up and protect the source of their food and health.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

On November 7, 2006, Arizonans voted overwhelmingly, by 62 percent, in favor of Proposition 204, to ban the cruel and intensive confinement of veal calves and pregnant pigs on industrialized factory farms. September 7, 2006, a bill banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption( H.R. 503 ) was approved in the U.S.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2007

It's a sad day for horse lovers. Barbaro, the magnificent thoroughbred who broke his leg two weeks after winning the 2006 Kentucky Derby (I watched both races live), was put to death after taking a turn for the worse in his recovery. See here for the New York Times story. Barbaro's killing is a case of euthanasia.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 16, 2006

He received the highest score in both my fall 2005 Social and Political Philosophy course and my spring 2006 Ethics course. I don’t know about Jonathan; maybe he’s a horse person. Love, of course, isn’t sufficient for being a philosopher (it may not even be necessary), but Jonathan has a genuine aptitude for philosophy.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Five species are grouped in a chapter titled (4) Dark Horse Gulls (Rare or Unlikely Gulls). Twenty are gulls likely to be seen in North America; these are divided into three chapters: (1) Small to Medium-sized Gulls and Hooded Gulls, (2) Gray-backed White-headed Gulls, and (3) Large Dark-backed Gulls. Close-up of Laughing Gull Range Map.

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