10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Islands, for various reasons, experience more extinctions than continents (with Africa being the only continent not suffering a bird extinction!). As you can imagine, I was champing at the bit to get to this lost paradise and when I finally obtained the necessary permissions in 2008, it didn’t fail to astonish!

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Animal Ethics

MAY 8, 2008

It’s not just the injured horses that suffer. It’s the thousands of faceless colts and fillies we never see that suffer from this so-called sport. May 6, 2008 Even the 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand ended up in a Japanese slaughterhouse because he wasn’t proving his monetary value as a stud. Jane Shakman Ossining, N.Y.,

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New York Times New York Stud Horses 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 22, 2008

Suffering is far from a uniquely human experience. Hope Ferdowsian Director of Research Policy Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Washington, July 14, 2008 Our findings follow many other studies demonstrating mental anguish in traumatized animals.

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New York Times Humane Society Of The United States New York Apes 40

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Anna Lappé Brooklyn, July 31, 2008 The writer is a co-founder of the Small Planet Institute. Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D. Doesn’t he realize that he does not have to engage in this voluntary activity, which causes moral conflict for himself and suffering for the animals?

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

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. 20, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst asserts that “production methods should not cause needless suffering,” but the position he takes does just that.

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New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

While some have suggested the egg industry should police itself, history shows that industries based on the backs of the disenfranchised do not voluntarily soften the suffering of those they exploit—all the more so when the victims are millions of hens the public never sees. Consumer boycotts and protective laws are desperately needed.

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New York Times Proposition 2 New York Egg Industry 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

.’s Birds of New Guinea notes that the species is often seen moving in “high-flying flocks,” and Coates and Bishop’s Bird of Wallacea declares, “this species has suffered greatly from human predation and is now generally scarce to very rare.” ” Henderson Archaic Pigeon ( Bountyphaps obsoleta ).

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 276

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

Remarkably, this growing colony suffered severe losses from a leopard that habitually came down from the mountains to feast on the easy penguin snacks. From 1978 to 2008 the Namibian population declined from 12,162 pairs to 4,563 pairs. In 1979 the South African population was estimated at 56,900 pairs.

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Penguins South Africa Africa Sharks 216

Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2008

Animal suffering and human suffering are undeniably interconnected. July 15, 2008 In 2004, for example, The New York Times broke the story about a PETA undercover investigation that found routine animal abuse at AgriProcessors kosher slaughterhouse. Newkirk President, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Norfolk, Va.,

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New York Times New York Animal Abuse Ethical Treatment 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

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

North Carolina’s 2nd inland Pacific Loon was on Lake Townsend in 2008. When I moved to North Carolina, the countdown dinner culture was less essential and I feel like the counts I did suffered a bit because of it. To say I stumbled into a CBC goldmine is a bit of an understatement. I won the lottery. But are you?

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 24, 2010

According to the RSPCA, in 2008 there was a 57% increase in the number of animals abandoned by their owners in the UK. With studies suggesting that more than 140,000 dogs under three years of age suffer dermatitis alone each year, it is not difficult to see why. Can I afford pet insurance?

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