Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Nick Rahall and Raul Grijalva have introduced a bill that would protect healthy wild horses from being killed by the BLM. In a written statement, Rahall says the intent is to help spur alternatives to killing excess wild horses that are in holding facilities.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Preferably, they should be wearing colors of purple, white, and gold, the branded hues of their movement. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S. and the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act of 1921 in Great Britain).

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. Similarly, most people also agree that: (2) It is wrong to kill a conscious sentient animal for no good reason. Nor ought we kill them without reason.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. There is no ethical justification for killing an animal for no good reason.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2012

Many people simply buy what is on sale at their local grocery store, never realizing that there are huge differences in quality between pet food brands. Cooked bones can splinter and kill your dog. Nutrition is among the most overlooked areas of responsible pet ownership. Feed dogs raw, meaty bones but never cooked bones.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

For Daurian Redstarts, university campuses can also be crime scenes – one recent paper reports on a Daurian Redstart fledgling being attacked and killed by a magpie on the grounds of Hebei Normal University despite attempts by the female parent to defend the chick. At least as far as the male is concerned.

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