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10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2019
Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature. John Schmitt, who illustrated Raptors of Mexico and Central America amongst many other books and magazine articles.
Animal Person
MAY 10, 2009
If you can get through the article's pernicious nonsense, there are some salient points, albeit the result of confusion on the part of the author. It has absolutely nothing to do with any genuine environmentalist ethic. Like I said, the entire animal rights "ethic" is both cynical and dishonest. Why do you suppose that is?
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Animal Person
JANUARY 6, 2010
As for the deconstructing the article, I'm afraid there aren't any surprises: "Dolphins have been declared the world's second most intelligent creatures" are the first ten words of the article. They can also learn how "to hold sponges over their snouts to protect themselves when searching for spiny fish on the ocean floor."
Animal Person
APRIL 26, 2009
Juluri is referring to something specific: the Supreme Court's examination of First Amendment protection of acts of cruelty to animals. And the article is worth reading just for that. But the ease with which we can tell our stories and post our videos must not render us incapable of moral judgment and decency. What do you think?
Animal Ethics
JUNE 7, 2016
Have op-ed article writers Peter Singer and Karen Dawn not seen the beautiful natural habitat at the L.A. This horrible incident has raised some tough questions indeed. In my opinion, neither Harambe nor the child should ever have been at the zoo. Michelle Nadon, Aurora, Canada To the editor: Bars? Lisa Edmondson, Los Angeles
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
22): Mr. Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. To the Editor: Soon after I read Gary Steiner’s article, my wife asked me to kill a spider, which I did.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 31, 2011
I’m tired of hearing people who enjoy killing justify it with specious moral platitudes. It is only the prejudice of our species that justifies culling the deer population while protecting our own. He says meat tastes more precious when you’ve watched it die. May I recommend a trip to a slaughterhouse? Animals suffer when killed.
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