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Monkey Rescued in India

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According to the article, "Zoochosis is a term used by animal rights activists in reference to the degrading effect of zoos on animals that have been kept in captivity over a long period of time. Tags: India animal cruelty macaque zoochosis. It's an adult male macaque suffering from zoochosis. Here's what I'd like to know.if

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PETA Says Vick's Brain Should be Scanned for Psychopathy

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People with APD are commonly referred to as “psychopaths”. They can also take pleasure in inflicting cruelty. Tags: animal cruelty Michael Vick. From the PETA Web site: Vick’s behavior seems to fit the American Psychiatric Association profile for anti-social personality disorder (APD). It says enough.

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Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?

Animal Person

Juluri is referring to something specific: the Supreme Court's examination of First Amendment protection of acts of cruelty to animals. Juluri's focus on animals used to entertain humans is intentional and speaks to the legal battle he refers to. They certainly depict cruelty to animals, right? What do you think?

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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

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In the notes, she explains that she uses " nonhuman companion and nonhuman friend with reference to nonhumans treated with full respectl I use pet with reference to nonhumans who are sold, discarded, or otherwise disrespected" (204). By pairing humane with slaughter , legislators have sanctioned horrific cruelty and mass murder.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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As a result of the funding mechanisms whereby state agencies rely on hunter purchase of hunting tags to maintain operations, these bureaucracies are not going to promote predators in the face of opposition from hunters.”. Consumptive & Non-consumptive Users. 5 Gaining Ground: In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability.

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On "The Age of Stupid"

Animal Person

With regard to cruelty and suffering, it's clear from the film that the human animal has been profoundly negatively affected by climate change, but there is no attention given to nonhuman animals. I think those are the only references to diet.

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

Latimer refers to his previous two posts where he has "documented the ethical and moral shallowness of the 'animal rights' credo itself, which is based more on an anti-human self hatred, taking the form of a 'moral' squeamishness concerned more with stamping out human 'cruelty,' no matter what the social or economic costs might be.