Animal Person
APRIL 29, 2009
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.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
And the book is about much more, ripple effects from what happens when part of a living thing becomes the central ingredient to a highly visual, social, profitable business. I did often wonder while reading the book whether the result equaled the effort. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret!
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
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.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
Regan devoted his professional life to defending animal rights in his numerous books (including: T he Case for Animal Rights ; The Animal Rights Debate ; Animal Rights, Human Wrongs ; and Empty Cages ), in his countless articles and public lectures, and in his testimony before Congress. In a society (the U.S.)
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 12, 2009
Though I haven't been able to surf the Internet that much recently, I have found it difficult to avoid discussion of Foer's book. In fact, both books glorify small farms (though Foer is more selective), and both have the support of people who create and kill animals. Tags: Books Ethics. That has to be good, I tell myself.
Animal Person
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
That leaves us with animal welfare, which I do think we are genuinely interested in, mostly because of the myriad videos, documentaries, books and websites that have made it tough to avoid over the past few years. People are talking. And acting. I wrote often about such farmer/authors and found their rationalizations quite creepy.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 21, 2010
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. But for now, we have a book that describes how we got here and what we might do. But for now, we have a book that describes how we got here and what we might do.
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