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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. Herzog, unsurprisingly, uses “it” to refer to animals, eats and wears them, and “[does] not feel particularly guilty about it” (P.S.,

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On Fighting for "Animal Rights"

Animal Person

Or how a paragraph would refer to animal rights and animal welfare as if they're interchangeable. The rest of the animal advocacy community, which is the vast majority, who call themselves abolitionists, are abolitionists. would call HSUS an animal rights group (after all, HSUS doesn't even do that).

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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

10,000 Birds

In birding, a “nemesis bird” refers to a specific bird species that a birder has been trying to see or observe for a long time but has been unsuccessful in finding or encountering. ” Grade: A. # # # Query: What is a “nemesis bird” in birding? Grade: A. # # # Query: What is a “spark bird” in birding?

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Should is not a Solution

10,000 Birds

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.

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