Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

While Alaska is increasingly devastated by global warming—melting glaciers, permafrost and sea ice, as well as the severe impacts on wildlife, ecosystems and people—she seems to be working not to protect the polar bear or ultimately the citizens of her state, but to make sure nothing gets in the way of energy company plans for expansion.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 23, 2008

To the Editor: In his past comments about protecting animals and nature, Pope Benedict XVI is building upon the Roman Catholic Church’s tradition of promoting faithful stewardship of all creatures (“ A Cat Lover in the Vatican Strikes a Chord With Cat Lovers Around the World ,” news article, April 20).

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 17, 2008

And you do not acknowledge the individual care that pigs get in such systems and the protection from predators, diseases and the aggression that pigs often exhibit toward each other in group housing. 10, 2008 Note from KBJ: Speaking of rhetoric, don't you love "individual housing" for " gestation stalls "?

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 28, 2008

Since the introduction of longline fishing in the 1960’s, the Atlantic bluefin population has fallen by 97 percent, and the international bodies responsible for protecting this fishery have, because of its huge profitability, failed to impose catch limits that ensure its survival. Gil Kulick New York, Jan.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 17, 2008

Allan Kornberg Boston, March 11, 2008 The writer is executive director of the World Society for the Protection of Animals. Thank you for doing just that, by telling the American public what’s happening in Puerto Rico through your compelling article and photographs.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 28, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Mustangs Stir a Debate on Thinning the Herd ” (front page, July 20): The Bureau of Land Management is charged with protecting wild horses and burros on the Western rangelands. July 23, 2008 The mustangs should never have been corralled in the first place. Let them go, and let them be.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 16, 2008

Ratification of the Law of the Sea would send an important message to the more than 150 countries that have already joined the treaty, including all of our allies, that we are committed partners in protecting the planet and its people. Howard Salter Director of External Relations, Citizens for Global Solutions Washington, March 10, 2008

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 29, 2008

Migratory birds protect forests and crops from insect pests; butterflies, bats and other migratory species are important pollinators. March 24, 2008 The writer is the author of a book about the decline of the world’s great animal migrations. The loss of migration is of more than aesthetic importance. Wilcove Princeton, N.J.,

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Animal Ethics

MAY 11, 2008

You report that Susan Predl, a senior biologist with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, uses “distance sampling” to count the deer that managed to survive the recent county-organized, taxpayer-financed slaughter. May 5, 2008 The lack of maintenance and patrol is staggering under the stewardship of Joseph N.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

In 2008, the FDA issued its second limit on the use of cephalosporins in cows, pigs, and chickens, citing the importance of cephalosporin drugs for treating disease in humans. Protect your own health and the future effectiveness of antibiotics: Go vegetarian in 2010! The problem is not new. Make a conscious choice to not eat meat.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

They’re about protecting a system that produces cheap food. I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released a report in 2008 that detailed exactly how much these “efficiencies” are costing America. BOBBIE MULLINS Norfolk, Va.,

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

21, 2008 To the Editor: You rightly capture the magnitude of the problem of ensuring safe food products. 21, 2008 To the Editor: The biggest beef recall ever is something that would be expected as our food industry becomes more consolidated into larger and larger processing companies. Peters Paso Robles, Calif.,

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Although this park was logged in the past, as a national park it is one of the few forests in Ghana that is really protected. . According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. Africa’s only rainforest canopy walkway in Kakum National Park. million hectares in 2007.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

Secretary Kempthorne needs to do the right thing by following the model of Senator Kempthorne. Carter Roberts President and Chief Executive World Wildlife Fund Washington, Jan.

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