article thumbnail

Palin Now Going After Endangered Whales

Critter News

First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales. And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?) The State of Alaska has worked cooperatively with the federal government to protect and conserve beluga whales in Cook Inlet," Palin said last week.

Whales 100
article thumbnail

Animal Companions

Animal Ethics

By disguising anthropomorphic (in other words, pre-scientific) ways of thinking as science, Wise rediscovers the enchanted world of childhood, in which animals live as Beatrix Potter describes them, in an Eden where “every prospect pleases, and only man is vile.” And that explains, in part, the appeal of the animal-rights movement.

Animal 40
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Jan Narveson on Moral Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

What the utilitarian who defends human carnivorousness must say, then, is something like this: that the amount of pleasure which humans derive per pound of animal flesh exceeds the amount of discomfort and pain per pound which are inflicted on the animals in the process, all things taken into account. Is this plausible?

article thumbnail

Little Big Year Week 33: Yellowstone

10,000 Birds

Down near the original cook shack was a bush that held one Townsend’s Warbler. Whenever one thinks about Yellowstone, the first though for the majority of folks is probably the animals. You know, the Bison, Elk, Bears and Wolves. You know, the Bison, Elk, Bears and Wolves. Here are the rest of the animals that we did see.

Wyoming 104
article thumbnail

Happy “Howl-a-days”!

4 The Love Of Animals

Click here to find links to ecards that also help animals! Tis the season to help out a furry friend in need by nominating your favorite local animal shelters to receive Hartz pet supplies. pet supplies company, has generously agreed to donate $3 million worth of Hartz pet supplies to animal shelters in the U.S. and Canada. $2

Shelters 100