10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The photographic quality ranges from very good to exceptional, and though the point of photographs in a book like this is to communicate information, I think the excellence of some of Loughlin’s photography suffers from the number of images packed into the book. I also think there are chapters where the photographs crowd out the text.

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2006 Tortoises Sea Lions Sea Turtles 258

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

And the disturbing video: Tags: animal cruelty PETA. From PETA's site: A new PETA undercover investigation inside a Land O'Lakes supplier facility in Pennsylvania has revealed routine neglect and cruelty to cows who are milked for the Fortune 250 company's products.

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PETA Downers Animal Cruelty Cruelty 100

Animal Person

APRIL 18, 2009

Yesterday , Abby wrote: Off topic, but I was wondering if you have any advice for those of us who are highly emotionally sensitive and also interested in animal welfare issues? I get so sad when I hear about the mistreatment of animals that it really affects me, but at the same time I want to be able to create change in the world.

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Tnr Vegan Suffering Animal Cruelty 100

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 31, 2010

By carrying out a slaughter system that greatly reduces the suffering of chickens, Bell & Evans and Mary’s Chickens show that animal welfare and good business go hand in hand. While ever more consumers are going vegetarian or vegan, almost every consumer is demanding that companies take steps to reduce animal suffering.

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New York Times New York Los Angeles Ethical Treatment 40

4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 6, 2012

Once again, Cesar Millan works with dogs and their owners to help dogs suffering from phobias and obsessions! After Dog Whisperer, Philly Undercover, the new six-part series in which the PSPCA’s undercover police team works to eliminate dogfighting and protect all animals from abuse and neglect, premieres. ET/PT (sneak preview).

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2012 Dogs Neglecting Pit Bulls 100

Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

My random number of 20 Lessons Learned From 4 Years of Blogging at Animal Person (for the others go to #1-6 , #7-10 and #11 & 12 ) ends today with #13-20, which is far longer than I thought it would be. The design of Animal Person is probably as uninviting as it could possibly be. Big fail here for Animal Person.

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Vegan Suffering Free Range Animal 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

.’s Birds of New Guinea notes that the species is often seen moving in “high-flying flocks,” and Coates and Bishop’s Bird of Wallacea declares, “this species has suffered greatly from human predation and is now generally scarce to very rare.” A new paper this year ( Heupink et al.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 278

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal. Not only are they killed in cruel ways, but it is well documented that they are raised in ways that cause them great discomfort and agony. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly.

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Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics produced are fed to farmed animals to prevent (not treat) disease. McWilliams’s column reminds us of the scientific findings documented out in Livestock’s Long Shadow , the Food and Agricultural Organization’s 390 page report on the environmental impact of meat production.

Meat 40

Meat Livestock Transported Industry 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

One of the questions on the survey is: "Is it morally permissible to kill animals for fur coats?" For a detailed and photo-documented description of how these highly intelligent, highly sensitive dogs are killed, see here. To see an undercover video documenting how these innocent dogs are inhumanely killed, see here.

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Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. It truly is horrific and despicable to treat animals so badly. All that follows from that assumption is that it is morally permissible to eat some meat.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40