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. People who move out here from the city generally feel the same way.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. There is little that is less polluting and less harmful to the planet than hunting wild game responsibly. Thus, it’s not enough to say that Americans should “cut back on consumption of animal-based foods.” Toney Union, N.J.,

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 12, 2008

I've touched on relevant issues off and on, but most specifically in a 2004 piece on arguments for and against whale hunts. www.nytimes.com/dotearth I'm going to add Animal Ethics to my blogroll. Revkin The New York Times / Science 620 Eighth Ave., A very under-appreciated arena. Best, Andy -- Andrew C.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

But most important, they are beginning to starve, because the sea ice they depend on for hunting seals, their main food, is melting at a very rapid rate because of global warming. Though hunting still plays a role and led to a bilateral treaty with Russia, ratified last September, climate change is the major threat to polar bears today.

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