10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Second, reading about birds courting and parenting brings out the tendency to identify, which leads directly to anthropomorphism, the tendency to assign birds human emotions and thoughts. Think of birds too much as humans and you lose the specialness that makes them birds. Some people love books like that. But special.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2012

They reside there at the top of a small mountain sanctuary as mythical as my first remembrances of ancient thunderbirds, living, mating, and raising young. Condors, like all New World vultures, can disturb the human psyche. My first view of them was at a distance.

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California Condor California Idaho North America 224

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 8, 2011

Gazing at Cathy Conheim, a psychotherapist raised to hate cats because they ate birds, and Donna Brooks, a retired physician and sculptor who had never had a cat, but always reached out to heal anyone who was hurting, the kitten eyed them hopefully. Over the past six years, Henry has received almost 50,000 letters from humans and critters.

San Diego 100

San Diego Kittens Emotional Cats 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

We can treasure the cultural and historical bond between animals and domesticated animals only by ignoring the emotional bond. There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal. And there is no good reason to breed, confine and kill animals for food unless we believe that economic benefit justifies killing.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat Sheep 40