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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

10,000 Birds

Today I’m exploring a couple questions that have been bouncing in my head for a while…I’d love to hear your thoughts…I’m not calling into question animal rights, just the focus of the movement. – The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive Animal rights. This makes perfect sense.

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Efforts to Rescue Lolita the Orca from Miami

Critter News

Animal-rights activists claim an orca is being held in an "inadequate tank" in the Miami Seaquarium. They sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for excluding captive killer whales from listing under the Endangered Species Act. Read the rest of the article in the Courthouse News Service.

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Don't Free Lobsters into Puget Sound

Critter News

So I contacted the Northwest Animal Rights Network for their opinion. Introducing a non-native species could have negative impacts on the ecosystem and the native species already here. Tags: lobsters animal rescue. So, I started researching conditions around here for releasing lobsters.

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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.