Critter News

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Several pieces express Twain’s contempt for the idea of hunting for sport, including a memorable passage from a sequel to Huckleberry Finn in which Huck shoots a bird and feels immediate remorse and shame (“Huck Shoots a Bird”). The book also contains writings by Twain against vivisection. Interesting. You can buy it here.

Animal Cruelty 100

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

This one addresses the decreasing number of dogs and cats being experimented on and, without mentioning it, discusses speciesism and our affection for dogs--pet dogs particularly (and especially purebreds)--which leads to our revulsion with the idea of snatching, vivisecting and killing them. But that's now what happened. Or mute babies?

Animal Welfare 100

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 29, 2008

So while it is generally agreed that it is wrong to experiment on human beings without their consent in the expectation of making scientific discoveries, there is no such general opposition to animal vivisection. Man-hunting is ruled out as a sport but not, at least with the same degree of unanimity, fox or bird hunting.

Animal Cruelty 40

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