Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

Why choose enslavement, rape, domination and slaughter? Sometimes an article has a couple of the above, as in the case of " Chinese Legal Experts Call for a Ban on Eating Cats and Dogs." Yes, it is hypocritical (speciesism), but who said that we either protect humans or animals? Where do people get that idea? What do you think?

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China Cats Speciesism Dogs 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. To the Editor: Soon after I read Gary Steiner’s article, my wife asked me to kill a spider, which I did. How far do we go in protecting them? It’s all good advice from the point of view of doing better by animals. Jean Kazez Dallas, Nov. David Peters New York, Nov.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds.

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Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147