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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Reddit Animals

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

hi my brother found about five baby mice (they are hairless and probably blind) their mom or dad was killed in front of our eyes, how to help them live? submitted by /u/Present-Wall-9987 [link] [comments] i heard they can eat soft foods so i gave them a boiled carrot, but i figure they are too young.

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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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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I remember that when I was still a research chemist developing dental materials, I once gave a presentation at that university, which was followed by my receiving a hideous and very colorful plate as a gift afterward. Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The book is chiefly about how people have conceptualized and studied birds, but there is an underlying theme, the changing ways in which our Western culture has viewed animals, nature and God. The difference seems to be that Selous had previously killed birds and she had not. It’s a huge scope for a 338-page book.

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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. Now, I know you're saying: That's not what animal rights is. than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare."

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10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

This study suggests that the common pastime of supplementary feeding of ducks has resulted in new foraging behaviours and patterns within urban populations of Pacific Black Ducks, and these findings have implications for urban wildlife management and the co-existence of people and animals in urban environments.” ” ( source ).

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Animal Person

JULY 15, 2010

A comment left yesterday on a two-year old post, by None Please presented a phrase I've never heard before and I'd like to address it. "In Let's deconstruct: What we have here is the myth that killing animals in the wild and then eating them is somehow a compassionate act. There's a lot going on in the above three sentences.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2013

However two fossil riverbeds are situated within the South African sector of the park, the Nossob and the Auob and underground water along these riverbeds results in lusher vegetation thus attracting herds of ungulates and their ever-present predators.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Angus sent me a link to " Animal Parts: High Style of Just Plain Beastly " wherein Zosia Bielski reports that "hipsters are going whole hog, donning road kill as accessories and cow hooves on their feet.". The underlying philosophy is that the dead animals "should be used in their entirety." We should all be so lucky.”.

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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?". Interviewer: "Oh, so you've killed chickens.". Contestant: "Nope. Well, sort of.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

They are also threatened by cultural beliefs that lead to killing them because they’re seen as harbingers of death and bad luck. I’m wondering if the subject of this book itself presented a challenge. Owls are in danger from the usual threats–habitat destruction, climate change, human intrusion. They are also hunted.

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Animal Person

JUNE 20, 2009

And the absurdity is in the reality that the author and the featured person who kills sentient nonhumans for a living, think they're onto something. While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter."

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It turns out that there are new things that can be learned about extinct birds, and that even if the conclusion is obvious–the bird is gone, there is no time machine and we can’t change that–the way in which it is presented can differ as well. “Winter Sports in Northern Louisiana: Shooting Wild Pigeons.”

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

So, for the benefit of my beloved Australia, I present a shortlist of fine Australian birds that could serve as our national bird. Pros – it can kill you (like most proper Australian animals), is essentially a dinosaur. This awesome bird actually tried to kill me. Yes, I am five). Cons – is almost extinct.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

By weird things I don’t mean human weird things, like for example wasting their time in wild places looking for unusual feathered animals and ticking them off a list, but things that fall outside of their usual repertoire of normal behaviour. It is easy to forget sometimes that birds can do weird things. And the hole looks fairly fresh.

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Animal Person

MAY 28, 2009

Another opportunity for infiltration (heh, heh, heh) has presented itself on Intent.com , which has a " Food and Nutrition " page that already has posts about mindful eating and vegetarianism. One complaint many of us have with "liberals" and "progressives" is that they tend to leave veganism and animal rights out of their sphere of concern.

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Animal Person

JUNE 10, 2009

That brief trailer could be a gift in the disguise of paradoxical message about how we can still kill and eat fish, yet not be at war with them. To then present a widget that helps you eat seafood is strange. That tells me that we're still at war, as we are going to continue to kill fish because we can and we want to.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Nick Rahall and Raul Grijalva have introduced a bill that would protect healthy wild horses from being killed by the BLM. In a written statement, Rahall says the intent is to help spur alternatives to killing excess wild horses that are in holding facilities.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

They are software mascots, cartoon characters, animated film dancers, children’s book heroes, zoo celebrities, and documentary film stars. Science and Conservation , the second section, presents two-page summaries of the diverse research being done around the world about penguins. Ad é lie Penguins on iceberg, South Orkney Islands (p.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

For me, a bird called the California Condor has taken over more of my thoughts lately, and I decided it was time to see one before giving a presentation about it to the Rachel Carson Commemoration at the National Aviary in May. Their hallmark: They don’t kill. They scavenge, making them reliant on nature’s whims.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 31, 2010

Kitten Rescue is a wonderful animal rescue organization! Founded in 1997, it has become one of the largest animal rescue groups in Los Angeles. Kitten Rescue’s goal is to help Los Angeles become a no-kill city. We wish that we could be there in person, and encourage animal lovers in the LA area to try to attend.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

I imagine part of the allure of studying mushrooms is the tension between identifying the ones that will kill you (or at the very least give you a tummy ache) and the ones that will make your pizza or salad zing. They have symbiotic relationships with plants and trees and assist with the decomposition of dead plants and animals.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 6, 2009

According to this argument, the view that eating the meat of nonhuman animals is morally permissible but eating the meat of human beings is morally forbidden is analogous to racism or sexism. Moreover, since it is morally wrong to kill and eat human beings, it is morally wrong to kill and eat animals.

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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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10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2018

The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World – and Us (Richard O. Now, there are still 10 million of them there but, due in part to a population dip after 1970, it is, in the reign of the second Elizabeth, illegal to kill them intentionally. Prum, Doubleday). What’s magic about 1970?

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Infants and pets can present an interesting challenge when you want to get some repairs or remodeling done around the house and the dangers aren’t always obvious. Take birds and other sensitive animals outdoors. Simple tips to keep pets happy and safe while you work. Get your pet to safety before starting work.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

Most importantly, let us remember that the effects of the spill are still being felt and the BP Oil Spill timeline continues until the present and into the future. May 29, 2010 BP finally announces that Operation “Top Kill”, the effort to force drilling mud into the wellhead and seal it, has failed.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. But that's neither here nor there -- I'm very supportive of animal research in principle. It "guarantees humane treatment?" Maybe on paper.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

The Argument from Animal Rights A stronger argument is made by people who maintain that animals have rights. In particular, it has been argued that animals have a right to life. So, even if animals are killed painlessly and raised for food in humane ways, it is wrong to kill them.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2009

This is a guest post from Cherie, and I think that it is something everyone who rescues animals needs to read. “As an animal welfare worker (professionally or as a volunteer), you know what it feels like when you make a positive difference in the life of an animal. Thanks Cherie!

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 9, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Animal Cruelty and Free Speech ” (editorial, Oct. The law speaks specifically and narrowly to the distribution for profit of videos that show illegal acts of cruelty actually being performed on live animals (my italics). I was privileged to be present in the court when this case was argued.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2011

A great number of animals owe their lives to our intention to eat them. If we value animal life and animal comfort, therefore, we should endorse our carnivorous habits, provided it really is life , and not living death, on which those habits feed. From the point of view of religion, however, the question presents a challenge.

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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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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2011

On the islands that make their home, they are rock stars compared to parakeets that dig up storm-petrels to eat ( Antipodes Parakeet ), parrots that kill sheep in order to eat (the incomparable Kea ) and parrots that chew my guttering in the hope that it has turned edible since the last time they tried ( Kaka ).

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Animal, Vegetable, Miserable ,” by Gary Steiner (Op-Ed, Nov. In fact, a whole lot of semi-vegans can do much more for animals than the tiny number of people who are willing to give up all animal products and scrupulously read labels. It’s all good advice from the point of view of doing better by animals.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Eventually, I found the lone whooping crane present at the refuge by its call. Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts.

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