10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. There is not a wild cat, such as the Wildcat, in North America, at that lower end of the size range for cats. Dogs are similarly dispersed across size ranges, with Foxes, Coyotes, and Wolves taking prey across different parts of the size range. Unless we put them there.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Also frequent escapees (or very free ranging domestics) are guinea fowl and to a lesser extent a number of other gamebirds up to and including peacocks. There are any number of concerns one could raise. Can we find a suitable island free from feral predators that would devastate the introduced species?

Puerto Rico 195

Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 195

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Jonathan Safran Foer's pup-in-cheek essay " Let Them Eat Dog " (Weekend Journal, Oct. A decision not to eat dogs has nothing to do with our inherent hypocrisy, but with our relationship to different animals. Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food.

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles San Francisco Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Person

JUNE 20, 2009

While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." It's absurd that this has to be said, but respecting the needs of cows is the same thing as respecting the needs of dogs. Potent if symbolic?

Slaughter 100

Slaughter Slaughtered Cows Meat 100