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Swarovski BTX – A new era in birdwatching

10,000 Birds

And then at the 2017 launch in Austria there were to be heard Ooooh’s! You’d think you could fit an elephant inside comfortably after watching their presentations. A couple of months before its actual release, Swarovski announced something big coming our way. There were rumours of cameras, some devices for bird ID, etc. and Aaaah’s!

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Several countries, including Austria, Bolivia, Colombia, Greece, Peru, Britain and Paraguay, have already imposed or approved bans. Why is the United States lagging so far behind?

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On the Psychological Continuum

Animal Person

Hence the psychological continuum described (below) by Austria's Association Against Animal Factories from about a year ago. I do think that in my lifetime greyhound racing will end, circuses will be animal-free, elephants and marine mammals won't be in zoos, and fur might even be banned.