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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

Each year tens of thousands of these gulls go to the islands and each pair will lay three eggs. Most of these clutches of eggs will hatch to produce three fluffy and adorable chicks. But opposition to its use can be understood if you oppose cruelty. It is without question an unpleasant way to die for any animal.

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Henry S. Salt (1851-1939) on Consistency

Animal Ethics

It is certain, then, that the practice of flesh-eating involves a vast amount of cruelty, a fact which cannot be lessened or evaded by any quibbling subterfuges. I eat chicken, fish, and eggs. I, for example, am a demi-vegetarian. I have had no other animal products (no beef, pork, lamb, or turkey, for example) since 1982.