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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Change will take place only when governments work with local and international animal welfare groups and concerned individuals to address the root of the problem through education and humane methods of population control, such as spaying and neutering.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 1 of 13

Animal Ethics

Michael Martin is a professor of philosophy at Boston University. A CRITIQUE OF MORAL VEGETARIANISM Michael Martin Boston University Vegetarianism is an old and respectable doctrine, and its popularity seems to be growing. For what it’s worth, I consider Martin a good philosopher, indeed, a very good philosopher. Mine is not.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

She lives at Indigo Hill, an 80-acre wildlife sanctuary in Appalachian Ohio with her husband, Bill Thompson III, their children Phoebe and Liam, and their Boston terrier, Chet Baker. Or is the mandate to protect the welfare and habitat of our state’s wildlife? Thank you so much for drawing attention to the petition site.

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