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What's Up with the UK and Soaring Wildlife Crime?

Critter News

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. A bird species is near extinction. Tags: wildlife crime UK animal cruelty. I don't get it. Apparently they are seen as nuisances.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

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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Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?

Animal Person

Under the dizzying spell of modernity's promises and consumerism's illusions, we see animals as mere objects, either as commodities for our consumption or as blank slates for us to write our fantasies and fears upon. Juluri's focus on animals used to entertain humans is intentional and speaks to the legal battle he refers to.