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The Animals We Use

Animal Person

I think part of the original work's problem was that it was too ambitious--not to mention expensive to produce--and everything suffered. After failing miserably at a long pamphlet in 2007, I decided to shorten it by 50% and focus on a different audience: people who use animals. And that disconnect is deadly and reeks of injustice. -.

Animal 100
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Selling Birds Short: A Heretical View Of Avian Intelligence

10,000 Birds

Where do Cook’s Petrels go to forage in the summer? Non-human beings have traditionally thought of on a basically immoral level…they lack any intrinsic values, are incapable of thoughts and emotions, and are only worth how good of a coat they make or how good they taste. What seeds does a Baird’s Sparrow eat?

Emotional 204
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Make This the Year You Do Right by Animals

Animal Ethics

Eat right. What counts as eating right? Eat right—I will eat a diet low in fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium, and high in complex carbohydrates and fiber; and I will limit my consumption of empty calories like those found in sweets, soda pop, and trendy high-calorie coffee drinks and energy drinks. Lose weight.

Rights 40