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.
Animal Ethics
MARCH 12, 2008
The killing and maiming of animals for sport is a cruel and violent activity that is the antithesis of what schools should be teaching. Brad Goldberg President, Animal Welfare Advocacy Mamaroneck, N.Y., We should not use public schools to try to reverse the inexorable decline in the “sport” of hunting. March 8, 2008
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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.
Animal Person
APRIL 5, 2011
in today's New York Times, and I couldn't resist posting. A couple of years ago I wrote about whether it's a good use of my time to be a purist about the term "animal rights" when most of the world doesn't have the same understanding of the term as I do. And then I read the "OMG!!!!!OED!!!!!LOL!!!!!"
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2023
It was the same day George Floyd was killed. Chris Cooper was (and still is) a well-known, valued member of the New York City birding community, a member of the board of directors of NYC Audubon and at the time one of the few black faces seen with binoculars in the Ramble. I remember that day.
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