Animal Person

AUGUST 22, 2009

Of course, I have an emotional attachment to that one individual, Violet Rays. And you wouldn't fund a program that was very expensive per unit (human or nonhuman animal) yet you often don't think about that when you're dealing with an individual. Or paid for food for a year at a rescue kennel.

Declawing 100

Declawing Kennels Greyhounds Neglecting 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Of course, the meat is more expensive since it takes lots of real estate to freely graze a herd, and it’s tougher than typical supermarket fare (Americans are used to a style of marbling that’s caused by grain diets and flabby cattle, whereas grass-fed cows are trim from their daily ambles). Human beings, like dogs, are omnivores.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat Animal Welfare 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

I read this chapter, “In a Happy Place,” while I myself was birding during migration and totally identified with his description of neglecting everything–laundry, friends, exercise, and for me a book review–because… birds. And of course, there is the incident in Central Park. Nah, sadly, probably not.

Emotional 230

Emotional Birds Minneapolis Nepal 230

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

A large and striking bird like this would be hard to neglect in a museum collection. After all, what was thought as its habitat was heavily deteriorated and converted to agriculture as the human population grew. A Guan was collected in 1876 in a mangrove forest near the border between Peru and Ecuador. … Extinction is forever.

Collecting 270

Collecting Peru Neglecting Hunting 270