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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

10,000 Birds

Look at the Maryland-based website Crow Busters , although I warn you you’ll need a strong stomach for the photographs. It also brings to mind the uncontested link between animal abuse and violent behavior toward fellow humans. Why do they do this? So how do you classify these contests?

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view. Animal abuse is a crime in all fifty states, and rightly so. Similarly, most people also agree that: (2) It is wrong to kill a conscious sentient animal for no good reason.