4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind. Brian Hare, assistant professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University, holds out a dog biscuit. See Pictures of Dogs Learning New Tricks. No one in the room–neither dog nor human–can tell which cup hides the biscuit. By Carl Zimmer { source }.

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Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

Dunayer devotes a chapter each to the language used in hunting, zoos, "marine parks," vivisection and "animal agriculture." Here are some of my favorite quotes: " Companion anima l reduces a dog, cat, or other nonhuman to the role of companion. An animal's own terms are 'Don't hunt me'" (49). "At I could go on and on.

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Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

E.g. I remember trying to enter my local scrubland once, just across the car park behind the last apartment building and there, awaiting me, was a territorial pack of stray dogs barking at an intruder – me. At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps. How did I know that?

Animal 115

Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 115

Animal Ethics

JUNE 27, 2008

To the Editor: “ Getting Bacon the Hard Way: Hog-Tying 400 Pounds of Fury ” (front page, June 21), about Texas hog hunters, illustrated the barbarity of hunting with dogs. As the dogs tear chunks of flesh from the terrified pig, the hunters undoubtedly feel proud of their accomplishment. June 23, 2008

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New York Times New York Boars Hunters 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

If there are human fishing activities then all the better – Marabous will gather in numbers around fishermen’s docks and fish markets, in fact anywhere where fish are cleaned and scraps disposed of, allowing these intelligent birds to obtain a free meal. They are also attracted by fires and can gather in thousands.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 246

Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The spotted hyena displays greater plasticity in its hunting and foraging behaviour than other African carnivores it hunts alone, in small parties of 2–5 individuals or in large groups. During a hunt, spotted hyenas often run through ungulate herds to select an individual to attack. These legs can also be formidable weapons.

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Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2007

It shifts the focus away from moral beings toward creatures in every respect less demanding—creatures like dogs, which return our affection regardless of our merits, or cats, which maintain an amiable pretense of affection while caring for no one at all (a fact always vehemently and fruitlessly denied by their keepers).

Animal 40

Animal Morals Apes Emotional 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

There are some personal anecdotes I plan on sharing on this site that range from my most recent experience of getting trapped on a hunting trip with my relatives, to an early memory I have of experiencing empathy for the first time with my dog Tabatha. Currently, I do not believe that killing an animal is prima facie morally wrong.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Factory 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing. Dogs are similarly dispersed across size ranges, with Foxes, Coyotes, and Wolves taking prey across different parts of the size range. We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4–3.7 ” Many.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

My post last week where I defended game hunting as a conservation tool has, unaccountably, encountered a certain amount of push back. Who would have thought that a post defending hunting game in general would have not been universally acclaimed? I will address two of them in the new year, namely, “Is hunting moral at all?”

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Tigers Hunting Game Protection 178

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

Some of us forget that dogs are mere animals, and that animal mistreatment is as American as Apple iPods. Like Vick, most of us shamelessly abuse and kill animals. Americans systematically exploit and kill animals - sometimes for scientific progress; sometimes for leather jackets, ham sandwiches, or horse-racing.

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Michael Vick Guinea Pigs Animal Cruelty Animal Abuse 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans. To quote Wikipedia the effects it has on the body: In humans, the symptoms of poisoning normally appear between 30 minutes and three hours after exposure. It is without question an unpleasant way to die for any animal.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 267

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

To be honest, both the robin and the flycatchers shown above remind me of the easter eggs I hunted for as a child – the same strong colors in front of a green background, same time of the year (feel free to insert your own Proust Madeleine reference here) … Bluethroats apparently are good at imitating other birds. .

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Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

There are times when acting in the conservation interest of a species or ecosystem means that the welfare of specific animals is compromised, which is a fancy way of saying that conservationists sometimes have to kill animals for the greater good. With no permanent habitation inside its boundaries, human disturbance is low.

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Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 188