Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

People who study pigs say they are as intelligent as a 3-year-old child, smarter even than the dogs we share our homes with. Would anyone in this day and age dare to say that we cannot presume to know a dog’s mind, that a dog cannot tell us if it is happy or sad, frustrated, lonely or bored? JILLIAN PARRY FRY Baltimore, Feb.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. Secondly, New Zealand had already experienced on wave of extinction due to the introduction or rats and human hunting. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry.

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Animal Person

JUNE 22, 2009

Their claim is that what has become the customary way to take sentient nonhumans from babyhood to untimely death is not humane. However, the solution they have created, which harkens back to before industrialized agriculture, is simply to still raise animals for their flesh and secretions, and for profit, but to do it the old-fashioned way.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Part II: Man Cuts Dog.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Consumers can help the beef industry save itself by both buying less and choosing grass-fed. This would result in improved human health, decreased environmental destruction and better animal welfare. Now, with mounting public awareness, the meat industry may soon realize that investment in sustainable practices is not just a nice idea.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 10, 2010

It, too, traced, with a great deal of investigative reporting, the journey fat trimmings take through the meatpacking industry. 31, 2009 To the Editor: Let me see if I have this straight: We are now feeding our children stuff that used to be reserved for dog food, by treating it with ammonia, in order to save three cents a pound?

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Having a biological child isn't supporting an exploitation industry and at odds with the goal of the cessation of animal use the way buying from a breeder or pet store is. As a vegan, having a diabetic dog involves making decisions that make me uncomfortable. At least she eats vegan food, I tell myself.

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Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

goes straight into third, our cape buffalo from walmart and predatory dog still stays strong ​ warthog: The common warthog ( Phacochoerus africanus ) is a wild member of the pig family found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa. Ostrich eggs have been used by humans for millennia.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

A brief look at the public outcry concerning Michael Vick’s dog-fighting ring shows just how widely accepted premise (1) is. For example, Carl Cohen, who has argued at length that animals don’t have rights, admits: If animals feel pain (and certainly mammals do,), we humans surely ought cause no pain to them that cannot be justified.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2018

Of the estimated 500 million cattle in India, only 4% were destined for consumption by humans as meat. The first suspects of pesticide poisoning, industrial pollutants or bacteria proved negative. The disappearance of vultures has allowed other species such as rat and [stray] dog populations to grow.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

You may have seen "Dog," posted by Stephanie. When I saw " From Science, Plenty of Cows but Little Profit " this morning in the New York Times , I immediately thought of "Dog." what if those were human babies? We here in America claim we love dogs. If not, here it is. And the day-old calves. The photo is by J.

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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 Person

MARCH 18, 2010

The reason we need to save the gorillas and their habitats (it's a book on gorilla "conservation") is--and this is from memory so there could be more--that gorillas have thumbs, just like humans do. While visiting another set of children who have a lizard in a tank as well as a dog, the dog is called "he" but the lizard is called "it."

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There is also a third element, only hinted at in the opening–the environmental and scientific necessity of gathering this data to document the importance of keeping the Pacific Northwest waters healthy and uncontaminated by human elements. Fox does an excellent job balancing these three elements, keeping the emphasis on the birds.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

At the same time connections between the food industry and government agencies like the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration have become so incestuous that we should expect little from them. if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. Even “factory” agriculture has its limits.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

The way things should be is a very powerful motivating factor in human lives. Dogs should not be used to hunt foxes. I wonder instead if this is actually about the difference between advocacy and action, and about the way things ‘should’ be. A hungry child should be fed. And embattled minority should be protected.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I’ll share a little secret with you, I think that I might shed more than our dog ever could. The fact that Neato Robot Vacuums have been consistently reviewed as “Best For Pets” by Industry experts, and publications like CNET , appeals to me not just for our dog, but for the humans too!

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

According to this Associated Press story, if you are wearing a Sean John jacket with fur trim purchased from Macy's, that trim might have come from a dog indigenous to Asia known as a "raccoon dog." Just how do Chinese workers kill raccoon dogs?" Sometimes, the dog is picked up a second time and slammed to the ground again.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Paul Mann with dogs. Pet Care Helps to Promote Humane Halloween. Halloween may be full of tricks and treats for humans, but the holiday does not hold the same appeal for our pet counterparts. Pet Care, the largest and most reliable pet sitting and dog walking franchise in the United States.

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