10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

I do need to note that a rare error crops up here–LISTSERV is not a generic electronic bulletin board, it is a propriety product owned by a company and the use of the term is protected by trademark law. The sections are also labeled according to the months of the year, the idea being that the book will take us through a year of birding.

Birds 114

Birds North America Breeding America 114

Animal Person

JUNE 27, 2009

The moral of the story is that it's all about the way we farm animals, not that we farm them that is what needs changing. We also know that many companies with admirable business practices have been bought by colossal corporations (e.g.,

Fast Food 100

Fast Food Chickens Farming Medical 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

This week, Bon Appétit Management Company vowed that by 2015, none of the three million pounds of pork we serve a year (including 800,000 pounds of bacon) will come from hogs confined in gestation crates. FEDELE BAUCCIO Chief Executive, Bon Appétit Management Company Palo Alto, Calif., That sounds like a win-win to us.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 30, 2007

We had better therefore take the less complicated case of animals, which we commonly suppose not to be even potential moral agents. If we take the first view, we are implying that in order to have rights, just as much as in order to have duties, it is necessary to be a moral agent. It is not at all clear which is the true view.

Animal Rights 40

Animal Rights Rights Animal Morals 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Only then will these companies “do the right thing,” if only to ensure their continued survival. But for more than 20 years, consumer groups led by Public Citizen have worked to scare the public about food irradiation and threatened to boycott companies that market irradiated products. 4): Your article about E.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Hamburgers Meat Industry 40

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Meat-packing companies might encourage, for example, an increased dog population to take up the slack. The question arises: Why should such indirect causal influence have any moral import? causing a decline in U.S. milk production.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2020

The protagonist is Adam Fairhead, a Brit in Los Angeles who runs a record company. His co-workers, bosses, girl- and boyfriends are all of the type termed “vile bodies” by Evelyn Waugh in his 1930 novel of that title, concerning a different time and place but the same milieu, one of vapid and overindulgent, morally centerless young people.

Los Angeles 154

Los Angeles Birds 2020 Morals 154

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

This memorable trip was replete with good company and hosting provided by the birding club president, Greg Homer, and lots of great birding with a dedicated group of local San Vito birders. The sleeping Long-billed Curlew that Mary and I espied at the salt ponds of Punta Morales. The White-tailed Kites dancing in aerial place.

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Costa Rica 2019 San Jose Eagles 179

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

After finishing yet another water stewardship training for a large beverage company in Accra I had some time to kill. Called the family doctor, went by, and got sent to the Tropical Diseases Institute without her taking as much as my pulse… Not good for one’s morale, I can tell you. Well, here’s my number 1.

Mozambique 209

Mozambique Birds Ghana Namibia 209

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

Cruelty-free shopping guides that list companies that don't test their products on animals are available here , here and here. (h) If you are like most people, you think that it is seriously morally wrong to contribute to unnecessary animal suffering. g) Purchase cruelty-free cosmetics and personal care products instead.

Rights 40

Rights Animal Cruelty Vegan Cruelty 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2006

Cruelty-free shopping guides that list companies that don't test their products on animals are available here and here. (h) If you are like most people, you think that it is seriously morally wrong to contribute to unnecessary animal suffering. (f) Don’t purchase cosmetics or personal care products that contain animal ingredients. (g)

2007 40

2007 Rights Animal Cruelty Cruelty 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

Bella, you owe me at least one beer on our next trip for mentioning your company here without any real need to do so). I feel that thanking your own baby for moral support in the acknowledgment section of a Ph.D. Of course, this is nonsense – pheasants are probably among the most overrated of all birds.

Rhode Island 147

Rhode Island Research South Dakota North Dakota 147

Critter News

JULY 25, 2009

and an accountant and an economist and any other "expert" that uses their field to claim a moral authority. This statement is mainly motivated by a recent conversation with someone who has a science degree (I think it's biology), but who actually works for a clinical testing company. And who is making that subjective decision?

Science 100

Science Medical Research Morals Medical 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

Wherever companies profit from cruelty, you can rest assured that they will try to hide that cruelty from consumers, because cruelty makes a rather poor PR statement. Each semester when I teach Contemporary Moral Issues, on the first day of class I begin with a survey. But is it really? Not according to my students.

Fur 40

Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40