10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

They may have no idea what they’re doing, but their compassion overrides their doubt. We receive nestling owls who have been fed nothing but hamburger, whose bones are so brittle from lack of calcium that they break when they try to stand. And sometimes they even give us money, which elevates them to sainthood.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 257

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Feral Cats Hamburgers 257

Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

Children naturally love animals, but the many “uses we have found for them” lead us to teach our children to save their compassion for companion animals exclusively. There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal. Vadim Liberman New York, April 23, 2008

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat Sheep 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

He clearly thinks that it is wrong to cause animals to suffer unnecessarily, but he appears to be somewhat ambivalent about killing animals (provided the killing is carried out humanely). Of course, when hamburgers aren't at stake, most of us think that it would be morally wrong to kill an animal for no good reason.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40