10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2015

I am checking the grass for any flash of white and soon my suspicion is confirmed: Cattle Egrets (cover photo)! I reach for my camera, only to realise that the batteries were flat. But, passing numerous Red-backed Shrikes , Western Yellow Wagtails and a herd of sheep among tussocks of long grasses, I remember those egrets.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

The same goes for pigs and cattle that are exploited and forced to live in substandard conditions. Chickens deserve to live humanely. That’s the least farmers can do. People seem to lose sight of the fact that these are sentient animals, not food machines! Congratulations to California for being so compassionate and leading the way.

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New York Times New York Farm Sanctuary Battery Cages 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform. Fort Tilden–Battery Harris Platform.

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2019 China Battery Jamaica 115

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 28, 2010

This last implies of course an improvement in ethics, as opposed to morality, as I have defined it, unless we already understand 'Do as you would be done by' as applicable to whales, cattle, chickens, and so on, as it is to human beings. I eat eggs though they may come from battery hens. I am myself not so heroic.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

According to the HPMAJ column, "Loos told cattle producers the livestock industry must show the public that there are moral and ethical justifications for taking the life of an animal to feed a person. One outspoken proponent of factory farming cited in the HPMAJ column is "Trent Loos, a rancher, journalist and vocal livestock supporter."

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Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Battery Pt. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. US-NC-Creswell-808 Spruill Town Rd W – 35.8355x-76.4209. 05 Jan 2016. Red-throated Loon – Gavia stellata. Rockaway Beach–Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.). 06 Jan 2016. Pacific Loon – Gavia pacifica. and Lighthouse.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Battery Pt. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. US-NC-Creswell-808 Spruill Town Rd W – 35.8355x-76.4209. 05 Jan 2016. Red-throated Loon – Gavia stellata. Rockaway Beach–Edgemere (Beach 32nd-56th St.). 06 Jan 2016. Pacific Loon – Gavia pacifica. and Lighthouse.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 101