10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

.” And after separating all the parts of the boluses and presumably weighing them, your conclusion would have been that “the most regularly occurring food items recorded are fish (63%) and insects (33%)” (the other 4% are the few remaining bits of chocolate and gummy bears brought to the chicks by their grandparents.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

Animal Ethics

MAY 25, 2008

And by this they mean not only that it is wrong to enjoy torturing animals—which few moralists would ever have wished explicitly to deny, however little emphasis they might have placed on cruelty to animals in their moral teaching—but that it is wrong to cause them to suffer unnecessarily. Controversies no doubt remain.

Morals 40

Morals 2004 Animal Suffering Vivisection 40

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Studies have also found that: Pet owners are less likely to suffer from depression than those without pets. The American Heart Association has linked the ownership of pets, especially dogs, with a reduced risk for heart disease and greater longevity. People with pets have lower blood pressure in stressful situations than those without pets.

Pets 100

Pets Emotional Dogs Cats 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 7, 2008

Interests arise, Singer contends, from the capacity to feel pain, which he labels a 'prerequisite' for having interests at all; and animals can and do suffer, can and do feel pain.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory Slaughter 40

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

This is irksome, as the premise is that we need to save the animals (and which ones is an interesting discussion) because we will suffer if they are gone. And of course that premise is only possible because the animals (and everything else on the planet) are our "resources." But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

Animal Ethics

MAY 4, 2008

If, for instance, it is determined that gravely mentally defective human beings and monsters born of human parents are not the kinds of beings who may possess rights, this bears on how we may treat them.

Animal Rights 40

Animal Rights Rights Animal Bears 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Forget lions, tigers, and bears – if Internet listicles are to be believed, all of Oz is full of crocodiles, sharks, jellyfish, snakes, spiders – even magpies – that are dead set on killing, maiming, or injuring any humans they encounter. One of these killers even has the word “death” in its name, for crying out loud.

2019 223

2019 Australia Ducks Fowl 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump. Occasionally I’d drink way too much vodka and write my long-suffering agent long diatribes with the subject line SHALL I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HATE BEING A WRITER??? Your last post for 10,000 birds was in 2017.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 255

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 255

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The WBW remained elusive like a bear (for me at least – a month ago, Georgos met a mother with two cubs, took a few photos, then dropped down and played dead). A ditch in the middle of the tracks, a fallen rock here and there and afterwards the road becomes overgrown with ferns and young pines.

Greece 252

Greece Boars Woodpeckers Eagles 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It was Los Angeles, after all, where mileage has no bearing on time, but where time was precious for my little rescue on this crystal morning. Statistics come to life in the suffering of one dove or one mockingbird, the one needlessly stricken and dying for the sake of a personal choice. I scrambled for a box.

Cats 211

Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 211

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

.’s Birds of New Guinea notes that the species is often seen moving in “high-flying flocks,” and Coates and Bishop’s Bird of Wallacea declares, “this species has suffered greatly from human predation and is now generally scarce to very rare.” crowned-pigeons and is thought to have been a close relative.

Solomon Islands 275

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 275

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2007

to bear witness—first hand—to the abject suffering and deaths of individual farmed animals who have been assaulted throughout their entire lives by over 99% of the human population. Keith, I'll tell you what's "too hard".

Farm Animal 40

Farm Animal Farmed Animals Farming Bears 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

Please bear with us while this update takes place.” ” Been bearing with them for quite a while now. The Spot-breasted Parrotbill suffers a bit from having a contradicting scientific species name, guttaticolis , meaning “spot-throated” or “spot-necked” rather than spot-breasted.

Squirrels 137

Squirrels Birds China Bears 137

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

This, however, is not our world, so I don’t understand the bearing of the question. If they have a right to life because they have a self-concept, they surely also have a right to die and the right to suffer pain in the process if they desire. Clearly, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, and fish do not consent to being eaten. KBJ: Ditto.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2018

Anyone who has set foot in an Irish pub at any point in the last several decades has undoubtedly seen these vintage ads featuring a colorful and clownish menagerie of bears, sea lions, turtles, kangaroos, crocodiles, lions, and many birds – including the famous Guinness toucans.

Campaign 101

Campaign Sea Lions Lions Kangaroos 101

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

But when HSUS purchased several of these jackets, the jackets arrived bearing the labels "Made in China" and "genuine raccoon fur." In my post on prima facie vs. ultima facie wrongness , I discussed both the prima facie wrongness of causing animals to suffer and the prima facie wrongness of killing conscious sentient animals.

Fur 40

Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Today, Tom Turkey suffers a much less enviable fate every year, becoming the stuffed and roasted centerpiece of the Thanksgiving Day feast – though he’s the undisputed avian star of not just that day, but of the entire American holiday calendar.

2017 151

2017 Bald Eagle United States Turkey 151