Remove Compassion Remove Education Remove Game Remove Science
article thumbnail

The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Hunting sandhill cranes in the Eastern flyway will put those 100 whooping cranes at even greater risk of being brought down by gunfire, hunter education courses and handy color brochures notwithstanding. That’s what you do with other game, right? We must not forget ignorance, bad lighting, adrenaline, and accidents.

2011 243
article thumbnail

On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

Animal Person

Let the games begin. The "problem with this view" that arises is that it is entirely logical to broaden one's circle of compassion beyond "pets" and to other sentient nonhumans, and Scott doesn't like that logic because it conflicts with his profit motive and his palate. What's all this about emotion, anyway?

Emotional 100