Critter News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

A monkey was rescued from a factory in India where it was being held in captivity. According to the article, "Zoochosis is a term used by animal rights activists in reference to the degrading effect of zoos on animals that have been kept in captivity over a long period of time. Here's what I'd like to know.if

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India Monkeys Rescue Animal Cruelty 100

Critter News

JANUARY 4, 2010

From the Economic Times (part of the India Times, I think). India’s newfound partnership with China on environment issues has yielded results in the area of tiger protection as well. whether it be animal rights or human rights. Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china. I'm too, too cynical.

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Tigers China Protection Trafficking 100

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. It only takes a little imagination to suppose that every bite of hamburger we eat is taking grain away from a hungry child in India.

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Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

In the past I have attributed some of this conflict to differences between the conservation mindset and that of animal rights/animal welfare. It’s all very well to advocate the should that tigers should not be poached from a reserve in India. The problem with the how is that it is, in a word, messy.

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Tigers Hunting Game Protection 172