Critter News

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Millions of wild pigs weighing up to 300 pounds have been tearing up crops, trampling fences and eating just about anything in their path in Texas. A state lawmaker is proposing to allow ordinary Texans with rifles and shotguns to shoot the voracious, tusked animals from helicopters. But now they had better watch their hairy backs.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

I'm a citizen of the United States (as well as some of its subdivisions, such as Texas and Fort Worth). Note 2 from KBJ: Kant denied moral status to nonhuman animals. Animals, being nonrational, have no intrinsic moral significance. By the way, one answers questions and solves problems.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 8, 2007

It's still hot in North Texas. Perhaps I should have gotten the house number and called the Humane Society or Fort Worth Animal Control. Today, while running in 84º heat (and excessive humidity), I noticed a dog lying on a slab of concrete in someone's back yard. When I got done with my 3.1-mile It was a no-win situation.

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