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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

10,000 Birds

If I was an ornithologist aiming for a grant, I would now definitely highlight the need for more research on this topic. The researchers are quite aware of the differences between humans and birds and thus have completely ignored another explanation for this behavior. The Hair-crested Drongo is a bit more common here.

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On Compassionate Carnivores and Betrayal

Animal Person

Stephanie's post about " The Compassionate Hypocrite " on Saturday reminded me of what Catherine Friend and other " compassionate carnivores " are doing in addition to twisting the definition of compassionate beyond recognition. Interesting definitions of betray include: 2. It's cruel. There's no "compassion" in the process.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 4 of 13

Animal Ethics

If, on the other hand, the legs are produced in factory conditions, there is a moral objection. This sort of question can also be raised without benefit of hypothetical examples from future genetic engineering. On the above definitions the wool and the milk of such animals would not be animal products.