Animal Person
JUNE 8, 2009
For Engber, who dispassionately describes procedures most of the time, the "advances" in the medical care of humans are all well worth what he and other vivisectionists do to dogs and other sentient nonhumans. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans. It "guarantees humane treatment?"
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
The books work best when the birding is coupled with the human element. On the other hand, Phoebe Snetsinger’s memoir, Birding on Borrowed Time , becomes tedious because of her lack of emotional disclosure. There go my plans for a 10,000 Birds write-in campaign. The Jewel Hunter can be frustrating in this respect.
Animal Person
AUGUST 3, 2009
However, many of our concerns about modern food production stem from purely emotional concerns, in which we try to overlay our social mores onto sectors where they traditionally haven’t been applied. We give them human names and provide them with the same amenities we enjoy as humans. What's all this about emotion, anyway?
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