Animal Ethics

MARCH 30, 2010

Animal abusers are cowards who take their issues out on “easy victims”—and their targets often include their fellow humans. I cannot begin to say how many incidents I’ve seen involving animal abusers who commit violent acts against humans, and animal neglecters who have also neglected their children or other human dependents.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 25, 2010

Like humans, animals have a right to enjoy life. 15, 2010 The writers are co-founders of Safe Haven Farm Sanctuary. Most will never know sunlight, breezes, plants or soil. At our farm sanctuary, we see how much chickens rescued from factory farms delight in these experiences. Bill Crain Ellen Crain Poughquag, N.Y.,

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 20, 2010

15): I have one very simple piece of advice for consumers interested in higher-quality eggs from humanely treated chickens: stop buying eggs at the grocery store. 15, 2010 The writer is farm-to-school coordinator for the La Crosse County Health Department and a former W. I'll never go back. Josh Miner La Crosse, Wis.,

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Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

To the Editor: In your July 12 editorial “ A Humane Egg ,” you disparage the modern, sanitary housing systems for egg-laying hens, which have improved chickens’ health and well-being, improved consumer food safety and kept eggs a nutritious and economical staple on kitchen tables and restaurant menus nationwide.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 10, 2010

Instead of allowing companies to find ways to turn food a dog might reject into cheap human food, shouldn’t the U.S.D.A. 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?” Jan Weber Brooklyn, Jan.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 1, 2010

The author, Elizabeth Rogers, is also the co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Green Book. Contact The Humane Society of the United States to locate a nearby rescue group. Book: Shift Your Habit originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on March 1, 2010. She presents the information in a great way.

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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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