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On "Discarded" Greyhounds

Animal Person

Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters. I wish Dougie a beautiful life – one which he deserved from birth and one which I hope all greyhounds will enjoy in the very near future. Click here for more on Dougie's story, including videos (nothing graphic, just more coverage of the story).

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife. As a result of the funding mechanisms whereby state agencies rely on hunter purchase of hunting tags to maintain operations, these bureaucracies are not going to promote predators in the face of opposition from hunters.”.

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Melange Monday

Animal Person

Ian says, regarding " Veterinarians Train Sealers to Kill Humanely, " that "veterinarians very often do not care about animals but rather are more like auto mechanics who are providing a service for humans (that service may be to save an animal or kill an animal, etc)." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Africa’s endangered species

10,000 Birds

An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley. Image by Adam Riley Northern Bald Ibis The Northern Bald Ibis is classed as critically endangered, the highest risk category assigned by the IUCN Red List for an extant wild species.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

I think he also doesn't know that not all of us think that chasing down Class B dealers is as important as working to shut down animal experimentation and create more alternatives. To view someone who spends their life starving, piercing, mutilating, terrifying and killing others as a mentor is shocking. But not shocked enough.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 1 of 13

Animal Ethics

Philosophers make distinctions in order to focus attention on particular classes of things. You should survive as best you can, and killing the birds and eating them is the only way, given the situation as described. Would it be morally permissible for you to kill some people and eat them? For nonvegetarians the choice is easy.