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Critter News
MARCH 30, 2010
It spotlights the Humane Society, but I think it's a pretty universal comparison. Tags: corporate lies humane society agriculture agribusiness. This article pretty much sums up how the two agendas are simply at cross-purposes. Compassion is perceived to hurt profits.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2023
Baby birds are cuteness personified, possibly even more so than other baby animals, including human babies, and pose interesting questions of survival and development. Baby birds may be separated from the nest and their parents because of natural occurrences (violent weather, floods) or unknowing human interference or predators.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 14, 2011
There are many examples in the animal world of pack behavior. But in the case of Harris Hawks , this mentality jumps the species barrier and they form a strong bond with their human partners, readily accepting their non-avian hunting companions as members of their pack. Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few.
Animal Person
JUNE 20, 2009
Bea sent me a link to an article in Gourmet called " Humane Slaughterhouses ," by Rebecca Marx, that is absurd. They believe you can take a life that doesn't want to be taken in a humane way, and I don't agree. The animal is an "it," but I wouldn't expect anything more in this type of article. It’s how we treat humans, too.
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 11, 2008
One aspect of the question of whether animals have rights may now be treated. If animals have rights, then these are welfare rather than option-rights. However, we do speak of the rights of such persons—their welfare-rights. a nonhuman animal) the sort of being that can have rights? Both of us can be right!
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 14, 2009
I foresee a day, perhaps not far in the future, in which it is illegal to raise cows, pigs, and other animals for food. The ground for this will not be animal welfare, as you might expect, but environmentalism. The natural environment, unlike individual animals, is inanimate, unconscious, and insentient.
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