Critter News

MARCH 29, 2009

That doesn't mean that I don't know thoughtful men who think about these issues, just that I've noticed the tendencies are definitely lopsided. Tags: animal rights. And I find that in conversations, women are more likely to listen and think about what I say than men, who often brush me off as an emotional female.

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Critter News

APRIL 21, 2009

Definitely a niche market ,but demand has been increasing. Tags: canada meat seals restaurants. And this is despite the bad press received by the annual seal hunts. For time immemorial seal has been eaten -- raw -- as a traditional food by indigenous people such as the Inuit.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Ornithology By Corey • March 2, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share If you like science and comic strips you definitely want to read xkcd. Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! If you are sensitive to mildly bad language don’t click the link.

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Critter News

MARCH 9, 2009

Definitely one I want to follow. Tags: horses animal rescue animal sanctuary us. There's such a special passion surrounding horse lovers and rescuers and I think it comes across very nicely in this blog. One also learns a great deal about what's going on in the horse world from the rescue stories shared.

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Critter News

JANUARY 19, 2009

There is definitely a new tide in California, post Proposition 2. Tags: california bile farming farm animal welfare agribusiness food. Basically, it sounds like the ag committee will be including food safety and animal welfare concerns in their discussions. The ag industry does NOT like this.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2016

His modus operandi was essentially the same wherever he’d appear: first, he’d stand next the school entrance and wait while the school bus unloaded, then he’d make his way to the playground and play “tag” with the kids. We definitely found the right bird for the job!

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

A prominent researcher in the specialized field of animal laughter, Jaak Panksepp of Washington State University, said it definitely goes farther back than that. "I Tags: animal behavior primates. I personally think that a credible laughter concept can, and already has been, extended to mammalian species as lowly as the rat.".

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Animal Person

JULY 19, 2009

More likely, a flip is a shift significant enough to make the old timers who were acquainted with the original definition carp about the youngins and their wanton destruction of the English language, which for some reason they think should never change. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language. And I feel for the purists, trust me.

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Animal Person

MAY 25, 2010

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. We humans can't even agree on what happened in the past. And that's fine. After all, these are my lessons. And they'll conclude tomorrow.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Today, Rabbit Meadows shows definite signs of age, wear and tear from weather and badly needs an upgrade. Tags: rescue spotlight ferret rabbit rescue rodent. They also sell supplies for your pets, the proceeds of which support their rescue efforts.

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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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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Here's what they say about Trader Joe's eggs (definitely does not sound humane to me.) Tags: eggs consumption farm animal welfare groceries. Any conventional eggs sold in our stores are in a brand name carton, not under the Trader Joe's label. But are they really free-range eggs? They also offer "Cage Free" eggs.

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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. On the animal front, there is definitely a message that factory farming is unsustainable, and that subsistence farming is and was preferable; there is a vague if-we-did-it-differently-it-might-be-sustainable message.

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Critter News

JULY 10, 2009

There is definitely a problem with gang violence, especially in Fresno. Tags: california. Today I came across this strange article from NPR about the area. I've always known that the Central Valley is one of the poorer areas of California. It's not as well-educated, sophisticated, healthy or well-off. A weird take on my home region.

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Animal Person

JUNE 12, 2009

Here's the definition: wiffdoodle - Also spelled " whiffdoodle." Tags: Ethics Language Linguistics Neologism Roald Dahl veganism. And everyone has their private vocabularies among their kids or friends. I invented a word couple years ago, which quickly took root among friends: Whiffdoodle.

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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. Click here for more on Dougie's story, including videos (nothing graphic, just more coverage of the story).

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

That’s definitely a confirmed witness. As for me, I didn’t see a passenger pigeon until visiting the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho, about three summers ago, a specimen tagged and strangely out of place in a haven for raptors.

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Critter News

JUNE 9, 2009

I think that people who are pro-animal research would come away with something to ponder, definitely the sense that this is not a pretty or sanitized practice. Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research. Animal Person points out this comment made by Daniel Engber, the author. Bring on the PETA hotties!

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Ditto for "never," "always" and other such definitive words. Tags: Ethics Language. First of all, anyone who has taught The Princeton Review's SAT, LSAT or GRE courses knows that answers with the word "everything" in them are rarely correct. Working for The Princeton Review for nearly a decade has made me forever (? really, Mary?)

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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. My first job on that sunny afternoon was to weigh the terns.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

And by that definition, Morton's and Ruths Chris are both "vegan-friendly." Tags: Activism Ethics Language. So what does "vegan-friendly" really mean? That they have items on the menus, or will make items, that contain no animal products? I assume that's what it means. Last I checked, they don't market themselves that way, though.

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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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Animal Person

OCTOBER 22, 2010

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 people seem to think that animals' souls are different from those of humans, while others think they're the same. Some speak of a collective consciousness, and others speak of reincarnation.

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

In my opinion, and I am a vegetarian, the second definition of humane is the MINIMAL that we should expect. The first step is to gather that information and then make the decision as to what your own personal definition and expectations are of the word"humane." Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm agribusiness.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

It wasn't long before The Humane Emperor came on the scene, and is still around, telling folks that with a little mental acrobatics you can include forcible breeding, captivity, separation of family, killing of day-old chicks, and of course, untimely death in the definition of "humane." That's respect. Photo from Flickr user gunp0wder.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

My definition of violence would begin with the physical harm of living beings. Tags: Activism Ethics Language. What I do know is that I feel an urgency for the causes I care about that blogging, baking, giving money and doing TNR work simply doesn't satisfy. It's a minuscule drop in an ever-overflowing bucket. Is it fair? Is it just ?

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

I then promptly completely caved in and bought Wellness ' new large breed, definitely nonvegan dry food (and I always soak kibble) that has 25% protein (Natural Balance Vegetarian has 18%, and all from non-animal sources) and I've started cutting some in just in case (I'll stop at 50%). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

Jentsch talks about the cost ("it's hard to put a price tag on") of protecting those like him, so we definitely know that the tactics of those who seek to defend animals are working on one level (economic harm, though once removed at least in this situation). Guess what the answer is? No surprise there.

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Animal Person

JUNE 26, 2009

Pigs definitely don't get much respect from humans, but the evil (and I can't think of a better word and I don't mean it in a religious sense) I see around cat-haters is different. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. We don't say we hate cows. In fact we say we love them. There's sadism there, and that's not good.

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Animal Person

MAY 16, 2009

This was a "lifestyle" event that had a "health" angle (both in parenthesis because they promoted a certain country-club lifestyle and the event was held at a country club, and a certain definition of health), and it was pleasantly surprising to have anyone asking about veganism. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2009

I can do it anywhere, any time (though there are definitely optimal conditions). Tags: Current Affairs. It's better than a nap. It quiets my mind like nothing else. It gives me a break from myself. It relieves a headache if I have one. I don't need anyone or anything to help me do it (again, optimal conditions, though).

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The part that I definitely believe is laudable, and I can get behind, is in the final chapter: "Exploited to Extinction.". Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language 100 Heartbeats animal rights Jeff Corwin veganism. But he constantly wonders where and when and how much we should intervene, which I suppose is laudable.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Larry Jordan Mar 3rd, 2011 at 2:49 am @Robert it was definitely fortuitous and thanks for the comment @Corey thanks! Tags: california , West Coast , White-faced Ibis • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? You never know what you might see! Get yours today! • Explore These Related Posts Another California Bird?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

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). Tags: diving ducks , ducks , leucism , leucistic • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Anyway, enjoy the images and keep an eye out for odd ducks!

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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. Tags: Current Affairs Greyhound Matters. At least Emily the kitty, though not at all skinny, had an uneventful year. And sometimes, despite what we do, we can't fix everything.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 22, 2010

Restaurant Grade” is a new term with no legal definition at this point; however, it refers to the quality of the ingredient as not only “human grade” but the same quality approved by FDA for grocery stores and restaurants. Tags: guest post. The source of the ingredient and the integrity of the company are key.

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Animal Person

JUNE 20, 2009

What kind of definition of respect includes: I don't need to kill you but I'm going to because it will make me money? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights Bev Eggleston EcoFriendly Foods Gourmet magazine happy meat Humane slaughter Temple Grandin. It involves not killing them. Not eating them.

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