10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
That would, of course, be better than nothing. The neighbors had advised me, from experience, that planting trees without excluding the local free-ranging livestock would be an exercise in futility: first challenge overcome.) But one tree isn’t going to reverse the damage occuring in Latin America.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
A recent meta study ( The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States ) that applied strict inclusion criteria and some fancy statistics estimates that 2.4 About 15 million birds are killed annually by hunters, and of course this is distributed among a very small number of species.
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Animal Person
APRIL 25, 2009
And most recently, Organix (free-range chicken plus some organic ingredients). But they gobble up their Natural Balance, and of course any fruit I give them during the day. Despite Violet's diabetes, she was never the problem. One thing that has always been true is that they love the taste of Natural Balance.
Animal Person
JUNE 20, 2009
The voice of Temple Grandin is of course the foundation. But of course the success of the author in manipulating the reader depends on the reader's belief that the paradox is indeed "ostensible.". And I guess this is where the pro-death penalty people might have an argument. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Potent if symbolic?
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 28, 2010
This last implies of course an improvement in ethics, as opposed to morality, as I have defined it, unless we already understand 'Do as you would be done by' as applicable to whales, cattle, chickens, and so on, as it is to human beings. Perhaps in order to qualify for a moral elite one should become a heroic vegetarian like Peter Singer.
Animal Person
MAY 26, 2010
When I started blogging, I thought that if more people sought out free-range, grass-fed "beef," more animals would be saved/fewer would be created. The question of course is, are you really significantly decreasing suffering? Lesson #15 It's okay to change your mind. And I still wrestle with opportunities to decrease suffering.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Not in words, of course, but they can answer in ways that we can understand if we are paying attention. The idea that eggs from free-range chickens are somehow morally superior to other eggs is, frankly, weird. To the Editor: Re “ Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind ” (Op-Ed, Feb. But we can ask, and they can answer.
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