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Isolation, a.k.a. Business as Usual

10,000 Birds

We remained inside our vehicle as ethical observation always is our first priority. These irruptive visitors to T&T always are a pleasure to experience. We counted seven of these alluring birds while I killed my camera battery. Suddenly, she began to vocalize in every direction. Once we arrived at a suitable (i.e.

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Still the Same Hawk: A Review of a Book about Nature and New York by a Native New Yorker

10,000 Birds

I thought of this experience as I read Still the Same Hawk , a collection of twelve essays about nature and New York City, edited by John Waldman. Not surprisingly, I found the most compelling essays were those by people who had had similar experiences to mine. This is what got me, the incongruity.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians. That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. This precept is variably stated as follows: Avoid killing or harming any living being. That's right, free!