Critter News

APRIL 24, 2009

We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. Here's an example. Tags: economics pigs farm animal welfare agribusiness. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Factory Farm Factory Farming Pigs 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals.

Wildlife 247

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 247

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

What’s even more frustrating is when animal rights people learn of plans to cull nonnative species. For example, when the U.S. People interested in animal welfare who are against this idea are completely missing the point here. Among biologists and birders alike, these programs are usually met with great praise.

Animal Rights Movement 218

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 218

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

Animal rights is concerned with individual animals, and their suffering and welfare. Take an example, Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa. And culls of Nyala have been proposed. I’m not unsympathetic to concerns about animal welfare, really. We can’t afford just to let nature be nature any more. To a point.

Lions 218

Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 218