Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says Vancouver's Olympic organizers have the clout to convince the Canadian government to end the controversial seal hunt on the East Coast. The group will launch a new campaign on Wednesday featuring the 2010 Inukshuk logo clubbing a seal, with the five Olympic rings dripping blood.

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Critter News

APRIL 7, 2010

Mulesing, in which woolgrowers surgically remove parts of merino lambs' rears to prevent potentially fatal flystrike, has sparked demonstrations and litigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2013

In that light, I am looking at this debut novel from the guy who got his MA in Creative Writing in 2010 — yesterday, in terms of the slow grind involved in publishing a book — and seeing the future, perhaps. Today, I defend my thesis.

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Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

Travers said, “We created this competition to boost fashion careers and honor independent designers who have compassion for animals and for the ethical and green fashion movement. Our hope is that these talented participants will help pave the way for a more ethical fashion industry in the future.”

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Animal Person

JANUARY 2, 2010

For the first quarter of 2010, Wildlife Trust is the beneficiary. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Religion. On the upside, you don't have to give any money to animal protection if your beliefs aren't represented by the choice of groups being supported. Other people influence the choice of nonprofit, which is both good and bad.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 1, 2009

Let's make 2010 the year carriage horses are emancipated in NYC! Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters Language. It is too risky to sacrifice the horses this way and would be doing them a grave injustice.". Intro 658A will be reintroduced next year.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2017

Here was an ethical dilemma: The bivalve or the warbler? This Prothonotary Warbler was observed at the Salt Marsh Nature Center at Marine Park, Brooklyn, a place I knew from previous twitches and a relatively easy drive if it isn’t rush hour and if there are no accidents on the Belt Parkway.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010 will be Baby Sky's first, and our opportunity to introduce her to the notion that our family doesn't eat animals (not to mention that other historical story we'll be correcting). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Greyhound Matters Language Thanksgiving veganism.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 30, 2010

March 18, 2010 The writer is director of the Emergency Response Team, cruelty investigations department, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Treating cruelty to animals with the seriousness it deserves doesn’t only protect animals, it also makes the entire community safer. Martin Mersereau Norfolk, Va.,

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The adoption process isn't easy for vegans, and it's less easy for atheist vegans who don't think the benefits of vaccines outweigh the risks in the developed world in 2010. Tags: Activism Ethics. My message for today is that I think that vegans should be promoting adoption of humans more than we do. But obviously it's possible.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Tracy Reiman Executive Vice President People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Los Angeles, Oct. Bell & Evans has heard them and set a new standard in the chicken-supply industry. McDonald’s, are you listening?

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Animal Person

MARCH 11, 2010

Now, in 2010 in the developed world, therein lies the rub: killing someone to eat them is a trivial pursuit for you. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Language animal rights Huffington Post language sentience spirituality veganism William Horden. As frequently happens with "spiritual"types, there's an apology to a corpse.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

million people (2010 census). Between 1990 and 2010, Ghana lost 33.7% 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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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Which, naturally, got me to thinking about the newly erected order Suliformes, a development I mentioned in my December column, 2010′s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics , but which I thought deserved further examination, for it’s one of those stories that defines the era in which we are living and birding.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The average for August 2010 was 62.7. This blog had 1,656 visits during August, which is an average of 53.4 visits per day.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 25, 2016

Mylan Engel Jr and Kathie Jenni, The Philosophy of Animal Rights: A Brief Introduction for Students and Teachers [New York: Lantern Books, 2010], 7 [italics in original]) Note from KBJ: I reject this conception of philosophy.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The important lesson, however, one that would add to Target’s legacy, is that all of us who love our dogs need to make sure that they have a tag and, even better, a microchip. This misadventure could have been avoided! Sandy Brenner Elkins, N.H.,

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Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

July 13, 2010 To the Editor: Today tens of thousands of American farmers don’t even own the livestock they raise, and the conditions they raise animals in are dictated to them by a handful of extremely powerful companies that are concerned only with the bottom line. Regina Weiss Brooklyn, July 12, 2010

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 10, 2010

2, 2010 To the Editor: If you can smell a chemical in your food, it’s an ingredient. 1, 2010 To the Editor: Your article gave a whole new meaning to “Where’s the Beef?” 1, 2010 Note from KBJ: Enjoy your hamburger. concern itself with why there are E. coli and salmonella in our food supply in the first place? Not in my mouth.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

2009): Field Guide To Australian Birds, rev. by Michael Morcombe (2000): And, here is a kingfisher plate from The Australian Bird Guide : I know it’s not easy to read the text of these images, but I think they give you an idea of the artwork and plate organization of each of these major Australian bird field guides.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 25, 2010

15, 2010 The writers are co-founders of Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary. At our farm sanctuary, we see how much chickens rescued from factory farms delight in these experiences. Like humans, animals have a right to enjoy life. Bill Crain Ellen Crain Poughquag, N.Y.,

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 20, 2010

15, 2010 The writer is farm-to-school coordinator for the La Crosse County Health Department and a former W. In addition to allowing me to feel good about eating the fruits of their labor, they are the most delicious eggs-with shockingly rich, bright-yellow yolks-that have ever graced my lips. I'll never go back. Josh Miner La Crosse, Wis.,

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2010

11, 2010 To the Editor: I’ve been involved in beef safety research since college, and I don’t recognize the industry you’ve depicted in recent articles. Jeremy Russell Director of Communications and Government Relations National Meat Association Oakland, Calif.,

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 4, 2010

The reason hunting has no future in this country is that the next generation of potential hunters will not accept these myths. The next generation understands that the slaughter of our precious wildlife is unethical and has no place in modern society. Aland Winnetka, Ill.,

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 11, 2010

5, 2010 The writers are United States senators. And the Supreme Court’s decision is a reminder of the importance of narrowly tailoring this legislation, but it has not determined that these crush videos constitute protected speech. We believe our new legislation will pass constitutional muster.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Protect your own health and the future effectiveness of antibiotics: Go vegetarian in 2010! Second , and most importantly, refuse to support the meat industry’s unsafe practice of adding antibiotics to animal feed by refusing to purchase their products. Make a conscious choice to not eat meat.

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