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Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?

Animal Person

Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco, takes me back to graduate school when he writes of the importance of the stories we tell ourselves in " Use Free Speech to Celebrate Animal Life, Not to Enjoy Their Suffering." They certainly depict cruelty to animals, right? What do you think?

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

10,000 Birds

As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.” Science is the Proper Tool for Discharge of Wildlife Policy – Wildlife must be managed using fact, science and the latest research.

Wildlife 244
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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Virtually everyone agrees that: (1) It is wrong to cause a conscious sentient animal to suffer for no good reason. Causing an animal to suffer for no good reason is cruel, and our ordinary commonsense morality tells us in no uncertain terms that cruelty is wrong. Opinions will differ as to what counts as necessary.