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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

10,000 Birds

I know on some level, I think that’s something almost all of us can get behind…no one, except the most callous and cold-hearted of the human race things its fine to torture animals, or deny that they are capable of pain and suffering. on a daily basis, both legally and otherwise. The logic of this is ridiculous.

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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

10,000 Birds

Animal rights is concerned with individual animals, and their suffering and welfare. And culls of Nyala have been proposed. This is of course an anathema for many in the animal rights camp. Conservation is concerned about protecting populations, species, habitats, ecosystems. But that isn’t one of the options. To a point.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

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.