10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Although Henslow’s had been reliably found in nearby Sharon Springs for many years, the last documented sighting was in 2008, and the sighting startled longtime birders, waking them up to the fact that breeding sites in the state were rapidly being lost. In July 2011 a Henslow’s Sparrow was found in Ames, N.Y., Rogers can.

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Animal Person

JULY 3, 2009

This particular group fits in with other Bekoff books as well as those by Jonathan Balcombe and Jeffrey Masson (see here for more on some of them from April of 2008). Tags: Books Ethics Language. And those mythical differences, of course, have historically been used to legitimize our use and treatment of our nonhuman cousins.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

April 21, 2008 To the Editor: Re “ Million-Dollar Meat ” (editorial, April 23): In vitro meat might not appeal to everyone, but I am guessing that the day PETA awards its prize money will be a happy day for the billions of land animals bound for slaughter. Vadim Liberman New York, April 23, 2008 Scott Plous Middletown, Conn.,

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New York Times New York Meat Sheep 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

9, 2008 The writer is president of United Poultry Concerns , a nonprofit organization that is a sponsor of Proposition 2. While well intended, Proposition 2 is primarily based on emotion and not on a thorough scientific evaluation of all factors that contribute to animal well-being. Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,

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New York Times Proposition 2 New York Egg Industry 40

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Anna Lappé Brooklyn, July 31, 2008 The writer is a co-founder of the Small Planet Institute. As a recent convert to vegetarianism, I found that it reinforced my feeling that the eating of living, thinking, emotional creatures is just plain wrong. Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D.

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

Now that 2008 has arrived, I'd like once again to encourage new and old readers alike to make this the year that they stop supporting animal cruelty in all of its forms. Since the New Year's resolutions you have made for 2008 are your resolutions, I assume that you would actually like to succeed in keeping them. How and by when?

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Rights Animal Cruelty Vegan Cruelty 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. This certainly raises a question of ethics for any birder contemplating a visit; should you hurry to Ghana’s forests and witness the last of this diversity as it is being destroyed or is it better to simply stay away?

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