Animal Person

JULY 12, 2009

Nicole at Alec's Story writes: One of my pet peeves, so to speak, is the concept of “unconditional love” as attributed to dogs by humans. We didn't adopt her so we could spoon with her at night or cuddle on the couch with her or have her be our trusted companion. They want love, companionship, snuggling. unconditional love.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 12, 2009

That is, he not only conforms to the principles that he freely adopted but does so because they are principles that he freely and rationally adopted. He believed, of course, that one ought always to do one's duty and also that only acts motivated by respect for moral law have moral worth. I conclude with two brief comments.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

ALDF points to the following examples for why a registry is needed to help animal guardians, law enforcement and shelters protect their animals: Robert Rydzewski : In 2004, the then 29-year-old upstate New Yorker shot his neighbor’s dog in the face twice. Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

But prejudices die hard, all the more so when, as in the present case, they are insulated by widespread secular customs and religious beliefs, sustained by large and powerful economic interests, and protected by the common law. Might does not make right; might does make law. The animal rights movement is not for the faint of heart.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 27, 2009

The Argument from Monkeys According to Gerald Carson, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, a well-known advocate of vegetarianism and inventor of some eighty ready-to-eat breakfast foods, used to persuade people to adopt vegetarianism in the following way: Dr. Kellogg, a superb publicist, kept a morose chimpanzee, which he used for a stunt.

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Vegetarian Morals Monkeys Meat 40

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2014

Animals in the tri-state area are euthanized daily, rescue groups are unable to save as many lives as they wish, and animals spend years in boarding kennels while awaiting adopters to fall in love with them. But perhaps their human passed away, or maybe they fell on hard times and just couldn’t afford pet care any longer.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

These laws would make a dramatic difference in keeping offenders away from potential new victims by allowing animal shelters and humane societies to more thoroughly screen potential adopters-and by alerting the public to their whereabouts.

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