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From the Mailbag

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First of all, I want to tell you how much I enjoy Animal Ethics. It’s a job-matching site for all jobs related to animals, like training, grooming, veterinary medicine, caretaking, zoo positions, and much, much more. I would love if you could mention AnimalWork.org on Animal Ethics to let your readers know about it.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 6 of 13

Animal Ethics

Philosophers are trained to criticize arguments and derive satisfaction from doing so. Isn’t it obvious that Morse is trying to explain something, namely, why decent, sensitive people participate in an institution that inflicts a great deal of suffering on animals? KBJ: I have no idea why Martin thinks Morse is arguing.

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From Today's New York Times

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Those sailors and marines will succeed because of the intense training they have undergone—training that included use of active sonar to find enemy submarines. During training with active sonar, we protect marine mammals by employing rigorous protective measures. The United States Fifth Fleet will prevent that from happening.

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From Today's New York Times

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A dangerous or vicious dog is a product of a combination of individual genetics, upbringing, socialization and lack of proper training. The solution to preventing dog bites is the education of owners, breeders and the general public about aggression prevention through selection, socialization and training.

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H. J. McCloskey on Punishment of Cruelty to Animals

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We accept that the state has the right to ban cruelty to animals, even when such cruelty is in the interests of the person being cruel, for example, of the greyhound owner who trains his dog on cats, first removing the cat's claws to protect his dog from injury, or of the householder who half-starves his dog so that he can have an extra beer or two, (..)

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From Today's New York Times

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In fact, the Language Research Center at Georgia State University has engaged in continuous social, cognitive and biobehavioral research on primates, including language training and research, since 1981.

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Twenty Years Ago

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That set in motion a great train of events. The whales were frozen in by ice floes on their southward migration from the arctic. Somebody spotted them surfacing in a waterhole and contacted authorities. Volunteers made their way to the scene, machinery was moved in, and rescue efforts commenced.

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