Animal Ethics

AUGUST 1, 2008

Some indication of the genuinely biocentric value orientation of ethical environmentalism is indicated in what otherwise might appear to be gratuitous misanthropy. The preciousness of individual deer, as of any other specimen, is inversely proportional to the population of the species.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2011

To the Editor: In “ Hunting Deer With My Flintlock ” (Op-Ed, Dec. 26), Seamus McGraw says he has a responsibility to kill deer because there are too many. He has volunteered to kill a deer cruelly, ineptly and with an outdated weapon that causes additional suffering to the deer. MARIE BROWN Baldwin, N.Y., STEPHEN F.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Queens Big Day: An Ethical Quandary and More Birds! Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 11, 2008

You report that Susan Predl, a senior biologist with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, uses “distance sampling” to count the deer that managed to survive the recent county-organized, taxpayer-financed slaughter. The fault does not lie with the deer. DiVincenzo Jr., the county executive. May 5, 2008

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

1, 2009 To the Editor: As an ethics instructor who aims to inspire my students to think about the connections between their values and daily practices, I found Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article disappointing. Niman’s argument amounts to lowering an ethical standard to fit the demands of our meat-centric culture and Western privilege.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2007

It’s time to stop pandering to hunters and the gun lobby and turn to humane measures to control the deer population and outlaw this barbaric pastime. There are no “lofty pedestals” for those without compassion or empathy for other creatures. Rebecca Sunshine Hartsdale, N.Y.,

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Nonnative species have huge impacts on wildlife species everywhere… mice kill seabird chicks in their burrows, rats eat endangered bird eggs, overpopulated deer clear the understory of forests, pigs root out native plants and terrestrial animals, cats kill anything they can get their paws on.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. The live feed can be monitored by any and all who are willing to watch. The vast number of meat eaters brake for geese, call the A.S.P.C.A. So why would they not insist that the cow that became their steak was treated humanely? I think most would, enthusiastically.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. In his fresh and candid first post (available here ), Jonathan admitted that he is struggling with the issue of ethical vegetarianism.

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