Animal Person
MARCH 9, 2010
A handful Animal Person readers since May of 2006, when I started this then-daily blog, have asked me if I've read Joan Dunayer. Minus that role, the term implies, such an animal has no place; if they aren't some human's companion, or their companionship fails to please, they can be abandoned or killed" (8).
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. Grief in magpies and red foxes: Saying goodbye to a friend.
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Animal Ethics
JUNE 17, 2011
It is asking the burger-stuffer to come clean ; to show just why it is that his greed should be indulged in this way, and just where he fits into the scheme of things, that he can presume to kill again and again for the sake of a solitary pleasure that creates and sustains no moral ties. Duty requires us, therefore, to eat our friends.
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.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
March 14, 2011 Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Jon Gassett, Commissioner One Sportsman’s Lane Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Dear Mr. Gassett, I am a writer, naturalist and artist with a special interest in human/bird interactions. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009? It is OK for people to like to hunt.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2016
Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2016
Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Still, the list will be as complete as we can keep it and will be updated on the first Saturday of every month.
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