Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

The animal advocacy group Compassion Over Killing has created a new website to bring attention to the fact that Morningstar Farms continues to use "battery eggs" from caged birds in their products. Hey Keith, I wanted to drop you a line on this because I thought it would be up your alley. Here is the link.

Animal Advocacy 40

Animal Advocacy Advocacy Battery Compassion 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Yes, racists are allowed to “spew racism,” but they are not allowed to encourage criminal activities, and if they were to carry their “advocacy” to the point of distributing videos that depicted the actual maiming or killing of the people they would like to get rid of, they would not be able to claim First Amendment protection.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Animal Cruelty Cruelty 40

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

If human beings were confined, mutilated and killed, would we call it “humane” if the cages were a few inches bigger, the knife sharper, the death faster? Egg production, including on free-range farms, entails the mass killing of newborn male chicks, a point made in Nicholas D. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., Kristof’s column.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

It was the same day George Floyd was killed. I knew he was also a former Marvel comic book writer and editor, but did not know that he also, unsurprisingly, had a history of involvement in LGBTQ and Black rights advocacy. I remember that day.

Emotional 220

Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 220

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. But, we’re facing a world of shrinking biodiversity and depressingly-high bird kill numbers that demand an accounting outside of our self interest. They simply helped me with my bird. Caring for our own is an element of survival.

Cats 207

Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 207

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

I wonder instead if this is actually about the difference between advocacy and action, and about the way things ‘should’ be. Should lends itself to advocacy, a crucial aspect of conservation. I still think that distinction is important, but it isn’t sufficient to explain what is going on here.

Tigers 170

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). I think birders will enjoy reading this political history of the MBTA.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147