Animal Ethics

JULY 22, 2008

To the Editor: “ What’s Next in the Law? It is time for us to widen our circle of compassion and follow Spain’s lead in granting legal rights to apes. But Americans need not await the resolution of the academic debate, which is more about form than substance, before acting to protect animals.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2008

To the Editor: “ What’s Next in the Law? Those of us who have worked in the field as social service staff members or humane law enforcement officers know that child abuse and animal abuse as well as battered women and battered companion animals are often found under the same roof. July 15, 2008

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 8, 2008

Compassion for animals cannot be achieved by violence. It is our job as advocates for animals to promote the ethical and scientific arguments that advance science without harming animals—within the parameters of a democratic process in which the truth, not violence, prevails. Respect for animals cannot be coerced by threats.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

a sense of hope that the empire in the North would finally exhibit compassion toward its southern neighbors, that the unfair trade agreements, privatizations, draconian IMF Structural Adjustment Programs, and threats of military intervention would slow down and perhaps even fade away. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics.

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