Animal Ethics

JANUARY 7, 2015

To the Editor: As Mark Bittman rightly notes, California’s new farm animal welfare law presages what is coming for all farm animal industries nationally (“ Hens, Unbound ,” column, Jan. Mentally, they go insane from boredom and stress, just as our dogs or cats would if they were kept in tiny crates or carriers for their entire lives.

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New York Times New York Farm Sanctuary Gestation 40

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

An important read for pet owners about their legal rights. And it was literally as she was signing the lease on her new apartment in New York that the broker said, “Oh, and I made a mistake, it turns out this apartment isn’t pet friendly.” This is a great guest post from Amy Epstien. www.sosuemejackass.com.

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Landlord Rights Broker Tenant 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Hey, New York birders! You just enjoyed one of the most epic days of birding our state has ever experienced and you haven’t filled out any reports for the New York State Avian Records Committee yet, have you? Angus Wilson, King of NYSARC , is crying into his beer right now because of you.* Or my toddler.

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New York Cats Rights Species 157

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. “I I don’t want to be too hasty in my response,” wrote Gay in Virginia.

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 250

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Wicked, right? • Explore These Related Posts Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds Crossley ID Guide Giveaway Winners World Sparrow Day 2011 Why are Birds So Important to People? Wicked, right? Get yours today! Or These Blasts From The Past Transitional Fossil?

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Deer Owls 2011 New York 141

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

Flatrock Brook is in the the city of Englewood, New Jersey, just across the George Washington Bridge from New York City. There is a flock of Wild Turkeys that strut around like they own the place and they might very well be right. Keep an eye out for gobblers and enjoy their strutting show!

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Turkey New Jersey Feral Cats New York City 166

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2019

In order to establish a new Abwehr network, in August 1941 Popov was displaced to New York, where he rented a Fifth Avenue penthouse, bought a car to match and partied with the rich and famous of the time, including dating a Hollywood star Simone Simon ( * , ** ). Humiliated, Bloch pulled away. The Bond’s line.

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Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Cuba 166

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2013

As far as right now, the first report of a Calliope Hummingbird from the local bird mailing list came in on April 22. My cat stays inside, and my new dog Dublin has opened a series of delicate negotiations with the neighborhood free-roaming cats, meant to curtail any unfortunate incidents.

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Montana Alaska Stray New York 214

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

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Experience Experiments Deer 2011 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

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Deer 2011 New York New York City 140

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Baldy , enjoying my local birds at the Forest Park waterhole , an hour in autumn at Tanner’s Spring in Central Park , a pretty rough pelagic trip in New York waters , compiling the Queens County CBC , finally seeing a guillemot in New York , a spunky Winter Wren. New York State’s first Elegant Tern.

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2013 New York City New York Trinidad 177

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

I once had a cat who loved to lick plastic bags, and while I find the pleasure in this hard to comprehend, it still seems more understandable to me than the joy (?) So, after the flood (which had destroyed some nests), the parrotbills positioned their new nests much higher, at a height of about 1.2 of catching extremely small fish.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

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Sparrows 2011 Deer New York 206

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

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DC Washington Deer 2011 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Part 1 Freeport Pelagic Trip: 9/16/07 Nashville in New York Collared! Share Your Thoughts « A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat Petrel Paradise » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Wicked, right? These Blasts From The Past Birding 1.1.11

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Ducks 2011 Deer New York 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Cats 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

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2011 Deer New York New York City 140

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov. David Peters New York, Nov. He’s right: I don’t care deeply about the suffering of animals I eat, wear or otherwise benefit from. 22, 2009 To the Editor: I was shocked to read that Gary Steiner thinks his cat can’t appreciate Schubert’s late symphonies. Wolves eat sheep.

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New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

All of the shots in this post were taken on 12-13 March 2011 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, New York. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Wicked, right? There is something for everyone at 10,000 Clicks ! Hat-tip to Stella.

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Ducks 2011 New York New York City 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

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Brazil Deer 2011 Peru 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Cats 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

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2011 Deer Fish Cows 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Birds 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

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Honduras 2011 Deer Denmark 145

Critter News

JANUARY 31, 2010

In this week's podcast ending January 30, 2010: **A Mercy for Animals video spurs calls for a ban on tail docking in the State of New York; **Animal rights activists try to stop construction of a bullfighting ring in Beijing; **A PETA protestor gets a pie in the face for protesting against the Canadian seal hunt; **And legislation is proposed in China (..)

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Tail Docking Protest Protesting Protesters 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2021

It was our first real vacation away from New York together and we were really looking forward to it. I found my oyster knife I’d thoughtfully brought all the way from New York for this very moment, and thanks to my long-ago stint as a sous-chef at a busy Manhattan restaurant with a raw bar, the shucking went very easily.

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San Francisco 2020 California Blackbirds 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Owls 155

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Birds 150

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

It is my belief that the birds were migrating, though one New York birder suggested that they might have been flying out for some crepuscular feeding. Either way, it was a heck of a sight and another example of why Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is the best place in New York City to see amazing wildlife spectacles.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica New York 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

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2011 Deer Cuba Hunters 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

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Ethiopia 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2011

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Colombia 2011 Deer Brazil 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

I finally got my first phoebe of the year yesterday, Saturday, 19 March, a mere eighteen days after the first phoebe of the season was reported in New York City. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B. Joseph Mar 20th, 2011 at 10:17 pm “who is right?

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2011 Deer New York Philadelphia 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Recapping the quiz … I recently purchased a new book on birds and used it as the single source for this week’s quiz. I live in upstate New York where only one of these two species occurs. In 2007 Jory became the "least consistent birder" to see 300 birds in New York State in one year. Wicked, right?

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2011 New York Deer Owls 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

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2011 Deer Utah Cows 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

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2011 Deer New York Texas 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

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Deer 2011 Birds New York 140