Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 17, 2007

The National Park Service has announced a plan to cull the Rocky Mountain National Park elk herd with sharpshooters.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2011

It is only the prejudice of our species that justifies culling the deer population while protecting our own. But whether with a flintlock or a modern rifle, hunting cruelly takes the life of a living, sentient being that has as much right to live as any hunter or writer. EISENMAN Highland Park, Ill.,

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Systematic cullings in the absence of feasible alternatives, therefore, may be morally permissible. It is worth noticing that my proposal does not rule out killings which have the effect overall of fostering the wants of the largest subset of some group like a wild herd where otherwise the wants of an even larger subset will be thwarted.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. In his fresh and candid first post (available here ), Jonathan admitted that he is struggling with the issue of ethical vegetarianism.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2009

It leaves the National Park Service full latitude to determine which elk should be culled. You also suggest that my proposal would result in shooting of bulls (male elk), as opposed to cows (female elk). My proposal does no such thing. Finally, you suggest that it would be less expensive to use “hired sharpshooters” than volunteer hunters.

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