10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

The plan was the subject of public comments and hearings, consultation with a bio-ethics expert , and an environmental impact statement. (A In this case, FWS conceded that most removals would be “lethal” removals, meaning that Barred Owls would be “removed” by killing them. A sample of this process is here.)

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2020

In fact, if I remember correctly, it was 2013 when I first noticed (from an office window) a huge collection of sticks at the crown of a large immortelle tree. We remained inside our vehicle as ethical observation always is our first priority. We counted seven of these alluring birds while I killed my camera battery.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. ” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife. But is there validity to these commonly held ideas?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

I thought of this experience as I read Still the Same Hawk , a collection of twelve essays about nature and New York City, edited by John Waldman. I usually enjoy collections of articles and essays, they allow me to sample different writers and different ideas. I wish I could say the same about the other pieces of writing here.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 3, 2008

And, in a world where there is too much hate, the judgment of many earnest moralists is overwhelmed by the charms of love; and there are those who come to accept it at its own valuation and are thus led to assert that people have an obligation to increase the collective total of all value in the universe.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Yes, racists are allowed to “spew racism,” but they are not allowed to encourage criminal activities, and if they were to carry their “advocacy” to the point of distributing videos that depicted the actual maiming or killing of the people they would like to get rid of, they would not be able to claim First Amendment protection.

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New York Times New York Animal Cruelty Cruelty 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2007

After witnessing hours if not days of senseless killing, someone finally musters the courage to take on the killer and delivers what has to be a devastating blow. One can't kill horses for human consumption within the U.S., Cavel, a Belgian company, kills horses in Illinois for export to Europe. Sadly, the horror continues.

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