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Tom Regan on Endangered Species

Animal Ethics

The rights view is not opposed to efforts to save endangered species. If people are encouraged to believe that the harm done to animals matters morally only when these animals belong to endangered species, then these same people will be encouraged to regard the harm done to other animals as morally acceptable.

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Endangered Species International

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Tom Regan on Wild Animals

Animal Ethics

With regard to wild animals, the general policy recommended by the rights view is: let them be! Since this will require increased human intervention in human practices that threaten rare or endangered species (e.g.,

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Wolves

Animal Ethics

Here is a New York Times editorial opinion about the removal of the gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) from the endangered-species list. The editorial board of the Times is intellectually dishonest, so please don't let this be your only source of information about the delisting. Here , for example, is a news release from the U.S.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The United Methodist Church supports the humane treatment of farm animals and calls for the protection of endangered species. The Episcopal Church embraces a resolution that specifically addresses puppy mills and factory farms.

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From the Mailbag

Animal Ethics

It is an animated website aimed at educating and inspiring children about endangered species, and all of our characters actually exist in a real-life camp in Tanzania which protects black rhino and wild African hunting dogs. whilst employing a local workforce and improving school and water supplies for surrounding villages.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Sarah Palin of Alaska—that the Fish and Wildlife Service should not list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because science doesn’t support doing so—doesn’t persuade. Eric Chivian Boston, Jan. 7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School.