10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

Although lip service was paid to the fact that lions are endangered and a lion was poached, the language of anger was the language of animals rights. I’ve written before at length about how conservation and animal rights , while often drawing on mutual a reverence of nature, are different beasts. To a point.

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Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 202

Critter News

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Before the ruling, PETA’s attorney Jeffrey Kerr told HuffPost that the animal rights group’s argument was based on the belief that “slavery doesn’t depend upon the species of the slave, any more than it depends upon the race, gender or ethnicity of the slave. Five orcas were listed as the plaintiffs. PETA filed the lawsuit in the U.S.

PETA 100

PETA San Diego Whales Whaling 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2009

According to information gathered by Best Friends Animal Society , the charity beneficiary of funds raised by ITo, “cities around the country are passing bills to round up and kill family pets, who simply look like the kind of dog who might attack someone.”

Legislation 100

Legislation Breeding Animal Cruelty Pit Bulls 100

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper? I addressed this one last week. And for what?

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Then again, he is not against the consumption of animals, " in general " (198). He is against it for himself and his family. And what follows, as you might imagine, is his support of "ethical meat" (for those who insist on eating animals). You never have to wonder if the fish on your plate had to suffer. Not a single one.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

KBJ: Nobody in the animal-rights or animal-liberation movement views intelligence as a morally significant property, at least intrinsically. Suppose there is a man who wishes to end his life but regrets never having given his poor and hungry family any pleasure. But recall that shmoos want to be eaten. KBJ: Ditto.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40