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Tom Regan (1938-2017), R.I.P.

Animal Ethics

Yesterday, the world lost its most powerful voice for animal rights, Tom Regan. No one has done more to explain what "animal rights" means and why animals have rights than Tom Regan. As Regan expressed so simply and straightforwardly, what animal rights advocates want is for "people to stop doing terrible things to animals."

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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

10,000 Birds

The others follow, some dozen animals in all. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better policy: between 2013 and 2017, well over a thousand rhinos were annually poached in South Africa. Driving slowly behind them… The guide knows his animals.

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“One for the crow”: Dancing Crow Vineyards Zinfandel (2017)

10,000 Birds

.” There are many variations on this traditional farmer’s adage about sowing, which instructs the planter to scatter four seeds for every plant one hopes to harvest, so as to account for inevitable losses to birds and other hungry animals scouring the fields. Dancing Crow Vineyards Zinfandel (2017). Birds and Booze News.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

Your last post for 10,000 birds was in 2017. But Mars’s character is less about being an eagle and more about the fact that he was stolen from his nest, raised in captivity, and now considers almost all of mankind – except Luna – to be his enemy. But one in particular did not even involve contact with an animal.

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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

10,000 Birds

In 1987, only 27 were left in the wild and drastic action was taken to save the species: all remaining birds were captured, the California Condor was declared extinct in the wild, and a captive breeding program was begun, initially carried out by the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Los Angeles Zoo.