Critter News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

The Brits are known for their animal rights activism, but there's been a rise in wildlife crime against all animals. Bats are being targeted. Tags: wildlife crime UK animal cruelty. I don't get it. Apparently they are seen as nuisances. Badgers are being caught for dog-baiting. A bird species is near extinction.

Wildlife 100

Wildlife Badgers Animal Cruelty Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. And people that work in either conservation or animal welfare tend to like animals.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 263

Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

Free Speech may be a noble ideal, but perhaps we are better served by thinking of it not only as a right but also as a privilege. They certainly depict cruelty to animals, right? Or don't they because animals we use for food are not thought by the masses as victims of cruelty? Need it be gratuitous to be offensive?

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Cruelty Vivisection Open Rescue 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Because I've been thinking about the evolution of my own thinking--and languaging--regarding animal rights. Both animal rights groups and animal welfare groups use "compassion" frequently. Then again, so do people who kill animals for a living. After all, they "love" the animals they kill.

Compassion 100

Compassion Psychology Tnr Vegan 100