Critter News

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Northern California-based In Defense of Animals called for the Department of Agriculture, which does inspections of zoos, to investigate Umoya's death. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals also criticized the zoo in the wake of the death.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

I first encountered Molly Hashimoto’s bird art in California. 118-119) was split into two species in 2016–California Scrub-Jay and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. (I Her lively block prints adorn calendars, note cards, puzzles, and children’s books, very much in the popular tradition of beloved minimalist Charley Harper.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 21, 2012

To the Editor: “ Some in California Skirt a Ban on Foie Gras ” (news article, Aug. 13) might give readers the impression that California chefs are free to serve foie gras as a complimentary side dish and so evade the state ban on sales.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Brown Boobies ( Sula leucogaster ), Islas Coronado, Baja California © David J. A pair of Brown Boobies ( Sula leucogaster ) tends a chick on Middle Rock, Islas Coronado, Baja California © David J. These Blasts From The Past Queens Big Day: An Ethical Quandary and More Birds! And, the birds are awesome. Good day sir.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

And, that sparrow I heard in California that sounded so different really is a Song Sparrow?” It would love to read more about the ethical considerations that go into using playback for research purposes and how federal rules against playback affect research design. There’s more than one song per warbler?

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 25, 2007

Addendum: I got to wondering about the origin of the term "hoe down." Here is what I found in the Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed.: hoe-down A noisy, riotous dance; = breakdown 2. Irving Salmagundi 7 Mar. 98 As to dancing, no Long-Island negro could shuffle you ‘double trouble’, or ‘hoe corn and dig potatoes’ more scientifically.]

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 13, 2009

6): I was disappointed that you dignified the “harvest” (a classic euphemism) with high-tech bows and arrows of tule elk in California on the front page with references to the “sport” and compliance with “an ethical code known as Fair Chase.”

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language 100 Heartbeats animal rights Jeff Corwin veganism.

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Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

consider pointing out to a few of the biggest and most influential (food-wise) LGUs -- Iowa State, Cornell, University of California-Davis -- the harm they're doing globally by continuing to promote meat despite the known dangers to animals, people, and the environment. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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APRIL 18, 2007

Since a number of "Animal Ethics" readers reside in the northern Illinois area, I thought I would call your attention to an exciting lecture that is taking place on Northern Illinois University's campus. Jenni is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Redlands in Redlands, California, where she has taught for the past 18 years.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

BRUCE FRIEDRICH Senior Policy Director Farm Sanctuary Washington, March 4, 2014 To the Editor: The humane laws for hens in California that provide them more space in which to live should be countrywide. Congratulations to California for being so compassionate and leading the way. Chickens deserve to live humanely.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 388 [first edition published in 1983]) The rights view merely requires moral consistency in this regard. (

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

22): Mr. Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan. Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov. Lawrence S. Lerner Woodside, Calif.,

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 24, 2012

Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 361 [italics in original] [first edition published in 1983]) Since this will require increased human intervention in human practices that threaten rare or endangered species (e.g., Too little is not enough. (

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif.,

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Animal Ethics

JULY 12, 2010

In California last week, Gov. Since California does not produce all the eggs it eats, this new law will have a wider effect on the industry; every producer who hopes to sell eggs in the state must meet its regulations. This requirement would at least relieve the worst of the production horrors that are common in the industry now.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

The California law adds an arbitrary and unscientific requirement that chickens be prohibited from touching one another or the side of any enclosure. The new law will cost American family farmers, and ultimately California consumers, hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 28, 2012

Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 31 [italics in original; endnote omitted] [first edition published in 1983])

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Animal Ethics

JULY 24, 2012

Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 315 [italics in original; ellipsis added] [first edition published in 1983]) To secure the philosophical foundation for animal rights requires abandoning utilitarianism. (

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

9): Thank you for encouraging California voters to support the state’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, or Proposition 2, on the November ballot. To the Editor: The American Veterinary Medical Association urges California voters to think twice before voting on Proposition 2. Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 9, 2008

Here is a New York Times editorial opinion about California's Proposition 2. Here is a column by Gary Francione, who opposes the proposition.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Here is a Los Angeles Times story about California's Proposition 2, which passed yesterday. I'm ambivalent about the proposition. On the one hand, it improves the lives of many farm animals. On the other hand, it entrenches the idea that they may be used as mere means to human ends.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 15, 2012

Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 360 [italics in original] [first edition published in 1983])

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

This blog is an up-to-date listing of the exciting news and events happening around the farm at both our New York and California Shelters. Hi Keith, I wanted to make sure you knew that Farm Sanctuary has officially launched its new shelter blog, “Sanctuary Tails,” which can be viewed here. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 27, 2012

Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 174-5 [italics in original; ellipsis added; endnote omitted] [first edition published in 1983]) Moral agents are not nonrational, do not have "only a relative value," and are not things.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 19, 2008

Hi Keith, Below is a calendar listing for Farm Sanctuary's annual Country Hoe Down at our Orland, California Shelter. We would be very appreciative if you would please list and help us raise awareness about this inspirational and educational event for farm animal advocates. Please let me know if you would like more information.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 29, 2009

Program, University of California, San Francisco. The meat industry is environmentally devastating, incredibly inhumane and now potentially the end to us all. Edward Machtinger San Francisco, April 26, 2009 The writer is an associate professor of medicine and director of the Women’s H.I.V.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 12, 2012

Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 97-8 [italics in original; endnote omitted] [first edition published in 1983])

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 24, 2008

Here is a New York Times story about California's Proposition 2.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 17, 2008

It accepts completely the hype concerning a California ballot initiative that among other things bans gestation stalls for pregnant sows. To the Editor: “ Standing, Stretching, Turning Around ” (editorial, Oct. 9) does little to advance the debate on farm animal housing. Research indicates that sows do just fine in individual housing.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 8, 2008

I am pleased that the Supreme Court has agreed to review the lower courts’ decisions on the Navy’s use of active sonar in waters off the coast of California. Such protective measures were developed in concert with, and were approved by, federal environmental regulators.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

But what we have accomplished up to this time must be multiplied a thousandfold if the great battles are to be joined and won." ( Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 399-400 [ellipsis added] [first edition published in 1983])

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2008

According to this AP Newswire issued yesterday: "President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast — a practice critics say is harmful to whales and other marine mammals.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 8, 2012

Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 197-8 [italics in original; endnote omitted] [first edition published in 1983])

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 3, 2007

To the Editor: The real thrust of the American Kennel Club’s opposition to California Assembly Bill 1634 as stated in “ Should Most Pet Owners Be Required to Neuter Their Animals? ” (Editorial Observer, July 30) is not economic but rather that creating a one-size-fits-all law such as mandatory spay and neuter is not a workable, enforceable solution (..)

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 2, 2007

But you may not know that we have filed a lawsuit against Mendes Calf Ranch for its violation of California animal cruelty laws. As you know, the Animal Legal Defense Fund is committed to protecting the lives of animals everywhere.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. With all of her photos, she follows NANPA ethical guidelines, putting the welfare of birds and other wild animals ahead of any image. . The next time I saw Puck, she was bounding for the crawl space with that sweet Mourning Dove in her teeth. I was mortified.

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