Animal Person

AUGUST 27, 2009

Animal Person reader stevetshirt wrote to say that my interview is available on Animal Voices. Tags: Activism Ethics Greyhound Matters Language. Here's to shameless self-promotion! Check it out at [link] and thanks to Karol Orzechowski for interviewing me.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

U PCOMING THEME: Animals For an upcoming issue, we're seeking new essays about the bonds--emotional, ethical, biological, physical, or otherwise--between humans and animals. We're looking for stories that illustrate ways animals (wild and/or domestic) affect, enrich, or otherwise have an impact on our daily lives.

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MAY 9, 2014

Reputable companies belong to the International White Dove Society or the National White Dove Release Society, organizations which set rules of conduct and ethics. Ethical businesses post notices on their websites stating that unless the released birds are properly trained and conditioned, they will not survive. Why do this?”.

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Critter News

APRIL 19, 2012

I knew the military in general used animals for combat medical practice.hadn't thought of the Coast Guard though. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt. Frederick was responding after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called on the Pentagon to stop the practice.

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Critter News

JANUARY 25, 2010

Last Monday (January 18, 2010), this country reached a milestone with regard to animal research when a booklet on the ‘Guidelines for Ethics Review of Research Proposals Involving Animals in Sri Lanka’, was launched at a simple ceremony held at the Colombo Medical Faculty presided over by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Prof.

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Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. It has absolutely nothing to do with any genuine environmentalist ethic. Now, I know you're saying: That's not what animal rights is.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 12, 2010

If there has been progress in ethics recently it has been through the realization of some ethicists that animal happiness and suffering has to be considered equally with that of human beings. I should draw attention here to the remarkable book Animal Liberation by Professor Peter Singer of Monash University.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Moral philosophers, even those belonging to the Critical School [the followers of Kant and Fries], have often represented duties to animals as indirect duties to oneself or to other men. For instance, maltreatment of animals is forbidden on the ground that it encourages cruelty, that is, a disposition that obstructs fulfillment of duty.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 18, 2010

It's bad enough having to deal with the welfare of normal farm animals, but what about the welfare of cloned animals? Concerns surround the ethics of the process, the welfare of the animals and a lack of research on food safety. Tags: europe cloning farm animal welfare. From the Daily Mail.

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Critter News

JULY 26, 2010

No one likes putting animals in pain," said Mogil, who holds a Canada research chair in the genetics of pain. Tags: canada animal experimentation animal research mice pain. The faces of the mice were then photographed to understand how they express pain. "No

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Reddit Animals

MAY 25, 2022

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Critter News

OCTOBER 31, 2009

I'm trying to come up with a book for my book club about animal rights. One is a huge supporter of animal research. But now we have "Eating Animals,"by Jonathan Safran Foer. What do I choose? All of them are meat eaters, two because their "doctors" told them they had to eat meat.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Twenty county board supervisors have sent a letter to UW-Madison's Chancellor Biddy Martin, asking her to get directly involved in the ethics of monkey experimentation. WISC-TV has learned that a public debate on the ethics of monkey research will be held on campus in March, keeping alive a touchy campus debate that's been brewing for years.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

It was an exotic animal importing firm (why the eff do those even exist?) that was allegedly mistreating its animals. A lot of these animals are reptiles, spiders and amphibians, which explains the large number. The raid followed an undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Did you see that Change.org now has an Animal Welfare page? is clearly someone who advocates for animal rights. Ernst believes we don't have a right to use sentient nonhumans and all of her posts (and those of Alex Melonas, who also posts at animalrights.change.org) are unequivocal about animal use.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Stephanie Ernst, formerly of Change.org , has started a new space called " Animal Rights and AntiOppression " and she has invited yours truly to post there! Stephanie has also invited Deb from Invisible Voices , Kelly G from easyVegan.info and Marji, who blogs for Animal Place sanctuary and For the Pits.

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Animal Person

APRIL 21, 2009

I'm excited to be a blogger for Animal Rights Zone because its target market is people who don't usually subscribe to blogs. More >> Animals. You can search Animal Person's content (posted on AR Zone) using the search box on the right, under the AR Zone badge. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. New York Times.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

This morning I posted " On California's Animal Abuse Registry Proposal " over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression and welcome any discussion about it. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. What a fitting addition to discussions about speciesism!

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Animal Person

APRIL 27, 2009

I have to take Charles for his pre-op (tomorrow's his big day), but Bea sent a link to " Is an Animal a Legal Person? " Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. at Opposing Views. Perhaps you'd like to be the first to comment. I'll try to post later. Have a great day!

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Animal Person

JANUARY 4, 2010

Just a note to those of you who might now know that I've been posting over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression ( [link] ) for a couple of weeks, so daily posting here doesn't mean I haven't posted. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language.

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Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2009

I thought this was an interesting piece contrasting three different people and their relationships with animals. One is a meat-eating professor of animal welfare, another is an animal rights activist, and the third is an animal researcher. This quote from the animal rights person is spot-on for me.[Maria's]

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Critter News

MAY 15, 2009

Around 12 million animals are used each year in the European Union (EU) for research purposes. This became clear from a report addressed at the European Parliament (EP) session on May 5–7, which seeks to vote on a directive concerning animal research. I really hope this passes.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Chris from Beijing wasn't able to comment (Animal Person is blocked in China) but he did write me to say he looks forward to Jonathan Safran Foer's sequel to Eating Animals. Not Eating Animals. And when you have people who slaughter animals for a living on your side, in my mind your pro-animal message loses credibility.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. But the animals suffering behind closed doors at AIIMS must endure this nightmare every day."

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Today's New York Times gives us Adam Shriver's Op-Ed " Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free ," which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain in the animals that must live and die on them. It would be far better than doing nothing at all.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 23, 2010

A couple of years ago I catalogued the dozens of excuses/rationalizations from well-meaning, compassionate people about why they eat animals, and all fell into one of six categories: It's what god wanted (and other versions, such as: That's why they were put on the earth. Cain=farmer=evil murderer; Abel=slaughtered animals=victim/good son.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

An enormous victory was achieved for animals this week when nearly 200 dogs and 54 cats were rescued from a North Carolina animal testing facility that closed its doors after an undercover investigation revealed apparent abuse of the animals by workers at the facility. From the PR Newswire.

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Critter News

JUNE 16, 2010

If they are "only" animals, if they are beasts which abstract not, then my comparison is a piece of sentimental foolishness. Tags: animal experimentation animal research. These chimps are healthy and well-fed. But chimpanzees can abstract. Like other mammals, they are capable of strong emotions.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 27, 2009

" That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things ," written and illustrated by Ruby Roth, has gorgeous and haunting illustrations. And it gently tells the story of why we shouldn't eat factory farmed animals. Because if there's one of those places, can we eat those animals?"

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Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

I've used the term "animal activism" lately as an experiment. I notice that if I use "animal rights activist" or anything with the word "rights" in it, because it's loaded and misunderstood, my listener often has an immediate bias of some kind. People have a relationship, whether or not they are aware, to the term "animal rights."

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APRIL 11, 2023

Reptiles that are not treated ethically simply do not make good pets. And their behavior is completely consistent with what we would understand as "animal sentience." Whether we like to admit it or not, we (culturally) view animals on a "sentience spectrum."

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Animal Person

MARCH 27, 2009

In "Council Bozos Want to Ban Circus Animals in City" Ellis Henican ridicules the New York City Council for introducing a bill to ban the "display of wild or exotic animals for public entertainment or amusement." The elitist “animal-rights” zealots hate to admit this. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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Critter News

MARCH 23, 2009

News of the Weird Owners claim dog died from being in non-ventilated Animal Control vehicle. How should Animal Control evaluate their claim? It was an "experiment" you see, even though they are just Animal Control, not a research facility. Tags: animal cruelty Stupid USDA animal welfare us.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 1, 2009

The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages calls itself "an animal rights-protection-abolitionist organization," which I find interesting. Regardless, they are joining Friends of Animals and Hearts for Animals on Saturday December 5. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters Language.

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Critter News

APRIL 4, 2009

They're not necessarily questioning the ethics, but the efficacy. The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. Plus, animals are messy, require feeding and constant care, draw protests, and, yes, can be a bit smelly. Tags: animal experimentation medical research.

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Critter News

MARCH 16, 2009

Here is an article about the high cost of vet care and the ethical questions of how much do you spend. Do you ask the vet to euthanize the animal? I measure our cat Charlotte (pictured above in the masthead) in 42" HDTV's. She's at about 3 at the moment. Maybe 4 with all the meds and followup visits.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

The plan was the subject of public comments and hearings, consultation with a bio-ethics expert , and an environmental impact statement. (A They argued that the scientific research exception only applied to research on the animal to be taken. The cases are: Friends of Animals v. Friends of Animals v. LEXIS 93734 (D.

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