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 212

Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2009

Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, takes me back to graduate school when he writes of the importance of the stories we tell ourselves in " Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering." They certainly depict cruelty to animals, right? What do you think?

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San Francisco Cruelty Vivisection Open Rescue 100

Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

I didn't like the idea of the cloud for categories at first, but now I do because it's a great visual tool to determine what someone's focus (including mine) is. That's a far more useful tool than categories (not that they're the same thing). And I still wrestle with opportunities to decrease suffering. It's just not in me.

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Vegan Suffering Free Range Animal 100

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

He writes, "The dog remained a vital tool in biomedical research for more than 300 years and was the vehicle for a remarkable run of medical breakthroughs.". To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the Animal Welfare Act." Part III: Pepper Goes to Washington.

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Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Virtually everyone agrees that: (1) It is wrong to cause a conscious sentient animal to suffer for no good reason. Causing an animal to suffer for no good reason is cruel, and our ordinary commonsense morality tells us in no uncertain terms that cruelty is wrong. Cohen, The Animal Rights Debate , p.

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Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I had a strong interest in science because of its reliance on reason and skepticism, which struck me as very good tools for truth seeking (which is ultimately what I am interested in). Currently, I do not believe that killing an animal is prima facie morally wrong.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Factory 40