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. However, both his perceptions and misconceptions are based on: 1) observing the work of PeTA and HSUS; and 2) the assumption that those two organizations are in the same category--"animal rights."

Animal Rights 100

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny. Is this moral? He says of this behavior, “It was a moral raven seeking the human equivalent of justice, because it defended the group’s interest at a potential cost to itself.&#.

Emotional 100

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

According to this Associated Press story, if you are wearing a Sean John jacket with fur trim purchased from Macy's, that trim might have come from a dog indigenous to Asia known as a "raccoon dog." was advertised to online customers as having an "imitation rabbit fur collar."

Fur 40

Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40

Critter News

MAY 22, 2009

Disappointing results from Gallup's annual "moral acceptability" measure. The article also shows results on non-animal issues as well. Not surprisingly, Republicans tend to take more conservative stances than Democrats.

Fur 100

Fur Animal Morals Ethics 100