Animal Person

JUNE 13, 2009

I watched Home earlier in the week and you can watch it on YouTube here , though a huge flat screen is definitely preferable. It's amazing to observe as someone learns about what we humans have done to this planet in such a short period of time, and how dire the situation really is. But that's me.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Vegan Factory 100

Animal Person

JULY 4, 2009

And though The Omnivore's Dilemma definitely promotes the eating of animals if those animals were "farmed" a certain way (and locally), there's so much helpful information in it about the food supply, in general, that it's tough to tell people not to read it. Tags: Books Economics Ethics.

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Animal Person

JUNE 20, 2009

Bea sent me a link to an article in Gourmet called " Humane Slaughterhouses ," by Rebecca Marx, that is absurd. They believe you can take a life that doesn't want to be taken in a humane way, and I don't agree. It’s how we treat humans, too. For him, the importance of humane slaughter manifests itself in the quality of the meat."

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Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

There is a profound difference between what Sea Shepherd does and what the Animal Liberation Front does, but there are also similarities, and those similarities increase in number if a direct action by the ALF (or anyone else) is an open rescue and therefore a direct defense of sentient nonhumans being attacked by humans.

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Animal Person

JUNE 22, 2009

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. Tags: Ethics Food and Drink Language. It's cruel.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Slaughter Slaughtered 100

Animal Person

MAY 25, 2010

We humans can't even agree on what happened in the past. I guess this is more about definitive statements. Saying that only nonviolence of a certain definition will lead to your goal isn't accurate. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. After all, these are my lessons. And they'll conclude tomorrow.

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Animal Person

MAY 2, 2009

Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters. I wish Dougie a beautiful life – one which he deserved from birth and one which I hope all greyhounds will enjoy in the very near future. I wish Dougie a beautiful life – one which he deserved from birth and one which I hope all greyhounds will enjoy in the very near future.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Being vegan because you want to live as nonviolently as possible and you don't want to contribute to violence and you don't want to respond to violence with violence is admirable to some, though refusing to support the defense of sentient nonhumans when you probably would if they were humans bothers me. Or vegan pumpkin pie. Is it fair?

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Compassion Psychology Tnr Vegan 100

Animal Person

JUNE 26, 2009

We humans have decided that, for a combination of reasons that are important to us, cats are worthy of our respect. I can't think of another animal so hated by humans that they have actually created an industry to publicize their hatred and their wish to hurt and kill them. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 6, 2010

I did tweet about " Scientists Say Dolphins Should Be Treated As 'Non-human Persons' " yesterday, as I think this is a Gray Matter for a lot of people and might be interesting to explore. which animals and why, what characteristic/s and whose definition of them, just to name a few)? What does that say? (I What do you think?

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Dolphins Animal Rights Rights Animal 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

In the majority of cases, it is humans who are to blame for the plunging numbers of animals, and Corwin is very clear about the extent to which we have destroyed the world around us. The part that I definitely believe is laudable, and I can get behind, is in the final chapter: "Exploited to Extinction.".

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 22, 2010

De-mystify the labeling on a lot of pet food – “natural,&# “raw,&# “human grade,&# “FDA approved&#. Human Grade” is far superior to the “feed grade” found in most pet food. Human grade” ingredients may include leftovers after the “restaurant grade” portions have been removed.

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Some people seem to think that animals' souls are different from those of humans, while others think they're the same. Charles is definitely with me in spirit, but I don't know if there is a spirit. Tags: Current Affairs Gray Matters Greyhound Matters. Some speak of a collective consciousness, and others speak of reincarnation.

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Greyhounds Adoptable Suffering Collecting 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

If birds don’t want to be handled, then they definitely didn’t want to be weighed. As a group we tagged and weighed more than 500 terns, terns that can be recaptured in the future to teach us humans more about the dynamics of the colony. Oh, the lessons of bird banding.

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Birds Florida Groups Breeding 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Leucism “is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans.&# I had neither seen before nor heard of an example of a leucistic* Ruddy Duck but a quick Google search let me know that this is definitely not the first (not surprisingly). Anyway, enjoy the images and keep an eye out for odd ducks!

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 150

Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2010

If I told you what I spent last year doing work-wise, you probably wouldn't believe me and you'd definitely suggest I write a book about it. Vetsulin was the perfect new product, except for the fact that it's animal (pig) based, unlike human insulins, and then there was the problem with quality control that was first reported last year.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. For all of recorded history, humans have classified other living things by their physical characteristics. He could not say the same today.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 8, 2009

Or suppose that by genetic engineering we could develop a milk-producing animal that became sick when it had the milk removed by members of other species, e.g., human beings. On the above definitions the wool and the milk of such animals would not be animal products. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. KBJ: Bingo.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

.’ Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning – little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door - Bird or beast above the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as `Nevermore.’

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

However, the Stresemann’s Bristlefront is one of those birds that is simply enigmatic and rare and recently discovered, with many aspects of its life history unknown to humanity. … Tags: brazil • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? See who won the contest here! Get yours today!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 196

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Finally, when you read, I recommend not using your disagreement with someone about, say, the definition of violence, stop you from going out into your community and building alliances. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language. Don't let this become a discussion about violence (because it's not).

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Greyhounds Ethics Slaughter Slaughtered 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 9, 2009

Because when you compare two species, or rather a nonhuman animal species to the human animal, the humans almost always come out on top. And of course, the definition of whatever is being measured--in this case intelligence--is our version of intelligence. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters Language.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

The veracity of this statement hinges on Scott's definition of "inhumane," and that definition must be very, very restricted, and clearly unrelated to the realities of our modern factory farm system. We give them human names and provide them with the same amenities we enjoy as humans.

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