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New Jersey Bear Hunt to Continue as Planned

Critter News

Despite efforts by animal rights activists to stop this hunt, it is scheduled to continue. New Jersey’s first bear hunt in five years is just a week away and set to go on as planned despite a last-ditch effort by several animal rights organizations to have the hunt postponed. That really sucks. On Monday, Nov.

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Second Bear Killed On Trans-Canada Highway

Critter News

The second bear to meet its end this year on the Trans-Canada Highway has prompted an animal rights group to call for immediate repairs to a fence line intended to protect wildlife in Banff National Park. Park staff had been monitoring the bear in the hopes the adult female would avoid the busy roadway.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." For only $450,000, we could buy almost all of the habitat neded to protect Ecuador's remaining frogs. if we believe it's our right to do what we want with the lives of other animals. . . .

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Jan Narveson on Moral Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

And there are two relevant kinds of alternatives here: one is treating the animals better before we eat them, the only disadvantage of which is that it would make meat considerably more expensive. by which animal diets exceed vegetable diets for us. And the other is taking up vegetarianism. But what about the vegetarian alternative?

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We Should Kill More Lions

10,000 Birds

This Lion should not be shot, as it is a protected reserve that forbids shooting. The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. Lions are a resource, and one to be managed and protected.

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