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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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He had a legal permit to own them (Conditional Species Permit), and had legally microchipped them according to FWC guidelines. This makes it much harder for people to have empathy for snakes, even though snakes have retained all the biological features that are important to consider for animal ethics (just like turtles and lizards).

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From Today's New York Times

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Our experience on the ground confirms your reporting that this trade is increasingly tied to organized crime. 4, 2012 The writer is vice president for species conservation at the Wildlife Conservation Society. Note from KBJ: I take it that rats are not a "charismatic species." ELIZABETH L. BENNETT Jeju, South Korea, Sept.

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Peter Singer on the Moral Significance of Self-Consciousness

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For a non-self-conscious being, death is the cessation of experiences, in much the same way that birth is the beginning of experiences. Note that this distinction does not make Singer a speciesist, since it is not species that makes the difference. Self-consciousness is morally significant; species, like race or sex, is not.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

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One might first ask, “Why does higher intelligence mean that one species is more valuable than other species?” Second, there are other species besides human beings that have high intelligence, e.g., chimpanzees and dolphins. What should our moral attitude be toward eating members of these species? If not, why not?

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

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Sadly, Gillette's experience is not unique. Never mind that the bulk of the fat in Starbucks's beverages comes from the milk -- yes, milk ! -- of another species. How sick and twisted is that. Consider Victoria's Secret, a company who makes much of its money by exposing women's breasts. Never mind all that.

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