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J. J. C. Smart on the Moral Elite

Animal Ethics

Many people of no great education and of no prestigious social position certainly belong to my envisaged moral elite. I eat eggs though they may come from battery hens. Smart , "Ethics and Science," Philosophy 56 [October 1981]: 449-65, at 453 [italics in original])

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Birding Shanghai in January 2024

10,000 Birds

It seems that like me, Oriental Storks are not that fond of humans. A study found that in areas with intense human activity, their nests were higher, while in safer environments, the nests were lower and closer to food resources, allowing parent storks to invest more in the nestlings. Well, they are birds, not humans.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

It is mostly a question of economics – raising just one is troublesome enough given the resources required to feed and educate the chick. Chongming Dongtan, where these photos were taken, is the wintering location of about 100 Hooded Cranes – about 1% of the global population. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai.

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