Animal Person
FEBRUARY 5, 2010
" Dog Days in China " is a small piece with no gruesome slideshow. But it's also remarkable in that Roger Cohen, a 50-something man who writes for the New York Times, wonders: But do pigs have any more or less of a soul than dogs? His "anguish" leads him to a dog restaurant where he dines on dog. Or pig, or duck, or fish.
Animal Person
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
A friend (age 50-loves dogs, has had them forever, only rescues) recently married a woman (much younger, not that interested in dogs) and they had a baby (now about 8-months old). The friend has two dogs, one of whom is 13-years old and is apparently experiencing a bit of mental deterioration. Just a handful, but still.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2022
The love that Montgomery feels for the hawk and its wildness will never be reciprocated: a raptor is not a dog or a horse. In The Hawk’s Way, Montgomery is very good on the ethical dilemmas inherent in falconry, centered on both the bird and the woman, even if she never resolves any of them definitively.
Animal Person
JANUARY 27, 2010
Sometimes an article has a couple of the above, as in the case of " Chinese Legal Experts Call for a Ban on Eating Cats and Dogs." Let's deconstruct: Legal experts in China are proposing a ban on the eating of dogs and cats. So the ban isn't being suggested because eating cats and dogs is wrong, but because it's creating conflict.
Animal Person
FEBRUARY 6, 2010
When we left off , the New York Times' Roger Cohen had eaten dog while in China, and wasn't thrilled about it emotionally. Logically, he admits it does make perfect sense to eat dogs if you eat pigs and cows. However I cannot see a rational argument for saying eating dogs or cats is barbaric while eating pork or beef is fine.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2016
This is in direct conflict of the American Birding Association’s first Principal of Birding Ethics which is “ to avoid stressing birds or exposing them to danger, exercise restraint and caution during observation, photography, sound recording, or filming.” Dee Dee and her dog Hallie are introduced as competing artists.
Animal Person
DECEMBER 30, 2009
Greyhound racing is a complex topic that sometimes appears to have nothing to do with the dogs and whether we should be racing them. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters.
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