Deer v. Cars
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
New Jersey is thinning its deer herd. How many of you oppose this? What would you do instead?
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
New Jersey is thinning its deer herd. How many of you oppose this? What would you do instead?
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 31, 2011
To the Editor: In “ Hunting Deer With My Flintlock ” (Op-Ed, Dec. 26), Seamus McGraw says he has a responsibility to kill deer because there are too many. He has volunteered to kill a deer cruelly, ineptly and with an outdated weapon that causes additional suffering to the deer. MARIE BROWN Baldwin, N.Y., STEPHEN F.
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Animal Ethics
MAY 11, 2008
You report that Susan Predl, a senior biologist with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, uses “distance sampling” to count the deer that managed to survive the recent county-organized, taxpayer-financed slaughter. The fault does not lie with the deer. DiVincenzo Jr., the county executive. May 5, 2008
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 24, 2007
It’s time to stop pandering to hunters and the gun lobby and turn to humane measures to control the deer population and outlaw this barbaric pastime. There are no “lofty pedestals” for those without compassion or empathy for other creatures. Rebecca Sunshine Hartsdale, N.Y.,
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 1, 2008
The preciousness of individual deer, as of any other specimen, is inversely proportional to the population of the species. The biospheric perspective does not exempt Homo sapiens from moral evaluation in relation to the well-being of the community of nature taken as a whole.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
I take umbrage at the omnivores who buy grass-fed beef and call me a barbaric savage for harvesting Maine’s overpopulated deer, moose, rabbit and fowl. There is little that is less polluting and less harmful to the planet than hunting wild game responsibly. What is greener than forage-fed meat? James Siegel Portland, Me.,
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 25, 2008
if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. And as the slaughtering of animals is not high tech, certainly no trade secrets would be at risk with the imposition of cameras. The live feed can be monitored by any and all who are willing to watch. I think most would, enthusiastically.
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