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.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Monkeys Meat 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

But if we want to continue to throw a monkey-wrench into this all too cut and dried scenario, there’s also the fact that the Old World vultures had a foothold in North America up until the Neogene about 2.5 And when you think about it, that seems right. Turkey Vulture Wing Tagging – Charlotte Wasylik, Prairie Birder.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

The kiwi (note, Maori loanwords do not get an ‘s’ when made plural) were first used as logos in the 19th century, and were quickly adopted as a a national emblem before the turn of the century. Wicked, right? Please click here to see the archive of actual national bird posts. Hat-tip to Stella.

New Zealand 148

New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 148