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? But as Cohen experiences, humans don't live "in theory." I think not.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2007

But bulls are not cars, but rather living beings that experience pain and suffering. The use of animals in entertainment when animal cruelty is involved is deplorable, whether it is dog fighting or bull riding. Even private equity is getting in on the action, with one manager believing this could be the next Nascar. 11, 2007

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2007

To the Editor: “ My Dog Days ,” by Arthur Phillips (Op-Ed, June 10), gave me those warm, fuzzy feelings and made my eyes tear. There are puppies with puppy breath and slobbery kisses; young dogs with enthusiasm, devotion and intelligence; older dogs with patience, loyalty and wisdom. Karen Benzel Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif.,

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

Eight years later, Christian Cooper birding Central Park became a very different kind of media image: the black man falsely accused by a white woman of threatening her life after asking her to leash her dog in the Ramble, an area where unleashed dogs are not allowed. It was the same day George Floyd was killed. I remember that day.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2007

See here for the New York Times story. You've probably heard the word "euthanasia" applied to dog pounds. Many or most of the dogs who are put to death in pounds are perfectly healthy. Barbaro's killing is a case of euthanasia. The word "euthanasia" means good, gentle, or easy ( eu ) death ( thanos ).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Again, Poe provides the anwer: Regarding, then, Beauty as my province, my next question referred to the tone of its highest manifestation- and all experience has shown that this tone is one of sadness. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct.

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