10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Now, in 21st century America, we’re entertaining new considerations, in keeping with our modern understanding of wild animals and conservation. A new willingness among scientists to consider certain moral and ethical implications with respect to wild animals, where previously utilitarian ideas prevailed, including ideas of intrinsic value.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I hope, when I reach their age, I'm as active and effective as Bob Barker and Betty White are in the animal rights movement. Legendary game show host Bob Barker says it will cost $200,000 to move three elephants from the Toronto Zoo to a California sanctuary, and he doesn't mind paying for it himself. Excerpted from CBC News.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 23, 2011

Try your hand at various Las Vegas casino games. Come join Hollywood’s elite in supporting animal welfare. Guests will have the opportunity to play against celebrities and poker stars, while enjoying an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and delicious desserts. Foundation Raffle Ticket.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

My post last week where I defended game hunting as a conservation tool has, unaccountably, encountered a certain amount of push back. Who would have thought that a post defending hunting game in general would have not been universally acclaimed? And therein my quarrel with those that oppose game hunting in Africa.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

Bea directed me to the Animal Welfare Special Report at TheHill.com , in which Rep. David Scott (D-Ga), who is the chairman of the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture draws a line in the sand regarding the animals we use and how we use them. Let the games begin. Translation?

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

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. Take the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania. With no permanent habitation inside its boundaries, human disturbance is low.

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