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On Thanking Slaughtered Sheep for Book Awards

Animal Person

Well, she apparently did such a great job convincing the folks at the Minnesota Book Awards that you can claim to love animals and then send them to slaughter, that not only was she a finalist for their award, but she won it. Tags: Books Current Affairs Ethics. I just wanted to be out of there.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

His second book on migration is a tale of many birds and many research studies all connected by the theme of migration and by his thoughtful narrative voice. The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park.

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On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

This book has so many great quotes that I'm going to have to write a couple of posts about them. environmentalists" would have to value the life of an Atlantic salmon more than the life of a human because, in environmental terms, there are too few Atlantic salmons and far too many humans.

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On The Respectful Emperor

Animal Person

We are not people who are interested in discussing animal rights, as in, the right of sentient nonhumans to not be used by humans for potential profit, for sport or for lunch. Maybe "humane" is already on its way out for the folks trying to convince themselves and others that humane killing isn't an oxymoron. People are talking.

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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

Animal Person

In the majority of cases, it is humans who are to blame for the plunging numbers of animals, and Corwin is very clear about the extent to which we have destroyed the world around us. Those are the final words of the book. Corwin tells the story of the Maasai of Kenya, whose culture involved disdain for and slaughter of lions.

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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

Minus that role, the term implies, such an animal has no place; if they aren't some human's companion, or their companionship fails to please, they can be abandoned or killed" (8). With equal validity, we could say that a human locked inside a room has 'freedom' from muggers" (75). Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language.

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The Best in Vegan Education

Animal Person

if they are "farmed" or slaughtered in a certain way). The film addresses the humane myth straight on, with unprecedented transparency in the discussions of animal farming, by simply letting its characters tell their personal stories. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Film. I'm not saying it cannot or does not happen (e.g.,

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