Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. Livestock don’t contribute to campaigns, but agribusiness does. Andrew from Good Honest Dollar had an excellent question. It's a thoughtful question I wish more people would ask. Here is my opinion.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 6, 2010

Would you actually actively campaign against rights for some species? and chickens don't?) Riddle me this: If you're in camp #3, do you think it's bad to pursue personhood for individual species, or is it just something you're not going to spend your time on because of the various problems with the process (e.g., and dogs don't?

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Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

Latimer's ignorance also comes across in his discussion of anti-fur campaigns, so it's easy to miss this potentially good point (about some animal activists): But did you ever notice that we don't hear very much from them if anything about shoe leather?

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

There is a lot more to tell: descriptions of remote villages, delicous exotic food, unusual exotic food, going hungry, preparations for treks into isolated jungle areas (does one buy Quaker Oats or a live chicken?), There go my plans for a 10,000 Birds write-in campaign. edition of the book in the fall. (At

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Feeding grain to chickens, pigs and cows is even more inefficient, with 70 percent of grain grown in the United States going to animals raised for food. Besides depleting the ocean’s supply of fish for those animals normally feeding on them, the factory farming of cattle, pigs and chickens uses excessive water and pollutes our land.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2015

Only you can help prevent three threatened Australian birds from permanently falling victim to sugar gliders, according to a crowdfunding campaign. Why did the chicken cross the archipelago? Severe weather can stress birds and even influence the coloration of their feathers , new research finds.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

We have a fun pack to giveaway to one lucky reader in honor of the IAMS #ShakeItForward campaign that is helping feed shelter pets this holiday season. Clucky Me with Chicken. IAMS Shakeables Soft & Chewy Treats for Dogs – 1 of Each Flavor: Gobble ‘Em Up with Turkey (as seen in Punk’d Puppy!). Un-baa-lievable with Lamb.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

He blindfolded vultures to determine whether they could locate food by sense of smell, and also sought to determine if chicken eggs would hatch by the warmth of the sun alone, rather than from being incubated by a hen. Frederick completed De arte venandi cum avibus toward the end of his extraordinary life, sometime before 1248.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

I don't think anyone is campaigning for "farm" animals to become pets, as many of us don't even think the family cat should be the family cat. All we do as vegans is take a reality--the reality of the sentience of cats, dogs, horses, chickens, sheep, cows, etc. Scott's assumption is that we profit from certain animals.

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