10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

The official definition of CR status says the species could be gone within ten years, or could lose 80 per cent of its population within three generations – whichever comes first. Locals being vegetarians, why are there no birds? Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Gujarat, December 2010.

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India Sudan Ukraine Camels 249

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. Vegan vegetarians who eat only vegetables, fruit, and nuts do not completely remove all microorganisms from their food, even with repeated cleaning.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2013

When you move on to Montana, you discover that there are worse things that one species of tiny screaming mammal tricking you each year as you try to cope with an influx of songbirds and a winterized memory bank that contains only Black-capped Chickadees and Dark-eyed Juncos (and only about half their calls at that.) You sigh and move on.

Chipmunks 184

Chipmunks Squirrels Rodents Montana 184

Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

Interviewer: "Are you a vegetarian?". Contestant (mortified, laughing, with hand over her mouth): "Cows.". Interviewer: "Cows, okay, there's another one you kill. However, with lions the story is different because they are a vulnerable species in the wild, and their numbers are declining. Contestant: "Nope.

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Lions Animal Cruelty Cruelty Chickens 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

22): Mr. Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. It’s all good advice from the point of view of doing better by animals.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40