Critter News

APRIL 30, 2010

The UN airlifted these guys into the nature reserve so they can coalesce into a group that can survive when released back into the wild. Frankly, with the rate these poor animals are being decimated, I wonder sometimes if they SHOULD be released back into the wild. Wouldn't they be safer in the reserve?

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Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

The commentator says that part of her winnings will go to abolish animal cruelty (yes, abolish). Interviewer: "Wait, so you want to abolish animal cruelty, except for chickens and fish, (pointing at the contestant) because she doesn't like them?". I think you actually support animal cruelty." Contestant: "Nope. Well, sort of.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

They like to fly in pairs or groups and in the evening they come together in big groups to roost in a favorite ‘dormitory’ tree. Illegal capture for the wild animal trade is an obvious peril for such a charismatic species, but this big blue bird is also hunted both for its meat and feathers.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 23, 2010

A group of drooling dogs were all ears as actor and dog lover Taye Diggs read excerpts from the newly released ALPO® “Real Dogs Eat Meat” Handbook at a first-of-its-kind book reading event in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District on May 19. ALPO and Taye Diggs originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on May 23, 2010.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2010

It was through her research that she learned how chimpanzees make and use tools, eat meat and engage in war-like activity. Founded in 1977, the Jane Goodall Institute continues Dr. Goodall’s pioneering research on chimpanzee behavior—research that transformed scientific perceptions of the relationship between humans and animals.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Everyone talks about human rights and there exists so many groups that are either governmental or non-governmental who work toward that cause. In the Far East they keep birds of prey which they use to capture other animals such as foxes and rabbits. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat.

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Animal Person

JUNE 6, 2009

You may know Jose Valle of the International Organization for the Abolition of Animal Slavery, AnimalEquality. He recently wrote me: We are an abolitionist group and our approach is "Educate, Investigate & Liberate". We don't advocate "happy meat" but veganism.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. The eating of non-grain-eating animals, e.g., fish and wild game, is morally permissible on this view. Nobody wants existing animals to be slaughtered.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

Animals raised for food suffer miserably. The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 21, 2009

The Argument from Superior Aliens’ Invasion John Harris advances the following consideration to show the immorality of eating meat. Suppose that tomorrow a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth, beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

As Mattison says, “Frogs are unlikely to be mistaken for any other type of animal.” But, within the frog group there is a tremendous range of diversity. An organization named Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) is coordinating conservation initiatives; Mattison recommends their online magazine Froglog. And, they look like frogs.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 1, 2010

If you have been a regular reader of my posts, you already know that switching to a vegan diet devoid of meat and animal products almost always results in significantly lower plasma cholesterol levels. Eating vegan is good for you, good for animals, and good for the Earth. Now that's a New Year's Resolution we can all live with!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. Not from an environmental perspective but from a “don’t you like animals?”

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

To the Editor: Re “ Plan for Tracking Animals Meets Farmers’ Resistance ” (news article, Dec. All these would have to be tagged if the National Animal Identification System becomes mandatory, and for no purpose, because none of my animals will be sold overseas for food. 13): I live in rural Pennsylvania.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

Lukas also reports that these beefsteaks "are popular as political meet-and-greets, annual dinners for businesses and civic groups, and charity fundraisers." As for charity fundraisers, they don't have to support animal cruelty on a massive scale to be effective. that don't involve the callous disregard of animal interests.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

It’s a terrible but ultimately not surprising tale, given the continued lack of self-regulation and the emphasis on profit over safety in the meat industry. The only way the meat industry will change its ways is for people to stop buying ground beef and cause sales to plummet. Ann Calandro Flemington, N.J.,

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

The topic was the concept of humans as predators, or hunters, or really, eaters of meat, and I was discussing the many ways in which people misconceived this notion. The third argument comes from the Berkeley group. Buffalo, even the big giant extinct ones that previously roamed Africa, are in some ways easier, though with drawbacks.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2011

“Boo Man Group Tube?&#. I gathered my meat mallet from the drawer, dropped it forcefully on my veal, and the shock of the blow on the counter did something, maybe it acted as a fish defibrillator, I don’t know, but suddenly Fighter leapt to life. “What’s his name?&# I asked my son. So he turned out to be.

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Animal Person

MARCH 28, 2009

Abundance (of meat, drink). The maintenance of members of a group or community in a state of (esp. 1947 487 There were.subsidies on animal feedingstuffs, welfare foods, milk in schools. 2/1 in Holinshed, Those that are giuen much vnto wine and such welfare. b. c1380 WYCLIF Wks. a1395 HYLTON Scala Perf. LEWIS Babbitt ii.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

The American Medical Association, the Infectious Disease Society of America and the American Academy of Pediatrics are among the more than 350 health, agriculture and other groups nationwide that have endorsed this bill. To preserve the effectiveness of our antibiotics, all meat producers need to back away from the overuse of drugs.

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Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Brief commentary follows this e-mail I received regarding greyhounds, animal rights and Ireland. Back then I was a young child and never thought any different about greyhounds or indeed any other animal. He would not return for many hours. Thinking back still touch's me to the point where I feel so guilty-but I knew no different.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Hence, the experiment was created: a plot was fenced off to keep the animals away and now willow saplings did survive being submerged for half a year. Naziridis explained: “In late summer, when there is no grass left to graze, some ranchers cut the fencing to let their animals into enclosures.” Then, there was a herd of buffaloes.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Johnson’s work on cultural folklore is an important element in “Half-Bird, Half-Spirit: Owls and the Human Imagination,” the chapter examining how we, humans as a group, have looked at owls as symbols of both darkness and light. In some ways, this is a puzzling chapter.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

Stop supporting unnecessary animal cruelty in all of its forms. Now that 2008 has arrived, I'd like once again to encourage new and old readers alike to make this the year that they stop supporting animal cruelty in all of its forms. Stop supporting unnecessary animal cruelty in all of its forms.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2006

Stop supporting unnecessary animal cruelty in all of its forms. Stop supporting unnecessary animal cruelty in all of its forms. What can I do to stop supporting unnecessary animal cruelty, and is it difficult to do so? b) Stop eating animal products. (c) h) Don’t attend circuses that contain nonhuman animal acts. (i)

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Benjamin Spock no longer recommends feeding animal products to children after two years of age. According to Dr. Spock: Most families have become more conscious about the fat content of meats, and many are choosing the lower-fat cuts. Unfortunately, switching from red meat to chicken does not help very much. The answer is "Yes."

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

As nutritionists have repeatedly pointed out, the government can no longer even produce a “food pyramid” that makes any sense for fear of irritating some agricultural special-interest group. If we cannot separate government from economic special-interest groups, then we will continue down the same path we are on.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

An inside look at South American kosher slaughterhouses where Israel gets most of its meat is the subject of a new PETA tape released exclusively to the influential American Jewish newspaper, the Forward.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Perhaps this is because they believe in the power of giving to others; nine in 10 adults across demographic groups agree with this sentiment (92 percent) overall. In fact, nine in 10 adults (90 percent) agree that they wish they were able to give more to charity. Purina ONE® beyOnd™ will be available beginning January 2011.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Funny lady Ellen DeGeneres and rescue group Farm Sanctuary both want you to Adopt-A-Turkey this Thanksgiving! Here at Farm Sanctuary, we live with turkeys, so we know they are interesting and intelligent and have complex emotional lives like dogs, cats and other animals. More than 46 million for Thanksgiving alone.

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