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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
The Hadeda Ibis is apparently spreading in South Africa and even thriving in places like Johannesburg, living at least partly on dog food. While the park still suffers from an abundance of non-birds, at least some of them are already dead. Thanks for pointing it out though. Thanks for pointing it out though.
Critter News
MARCH 14, 2010
Each year, millions of cats, dogs, non-human primates and other animals suffer and die in research laboratories. Animal research is not necessary to promote human health despite claims from vested interests. Please do not advertise to sell your pets.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
In fact, the Dodo belonged to a clade (sometimes called Raphini) of 15 remarkable, bizarre, intriguing island-adapted pigeons, some of which are still alive today, but eight of which have been hacked from the tree of life, driven to extinction by humans. The painting above is by 17th-century Flemish artist Roelant Savery.
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
In a manner that’s Malcolm Gladwell meets Freakonomics, which is the fascinating part, Herzog investigates our beliefs and actions regarding nonhuman animals (anthrozoology). The bottom line is that there are many reasons why human-animal interactions are so often inconsistent and paradoxical.
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.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 31, 2008
I imagine that we agree in our rejection of slavery, eternal damnation, genocide, and uncritical patriotic self-abnegation; so we shall agree that Huck Finn , Jonathan Edwards , Heinrich Himmler , and the poet Horace would all have done well to bring certain of their principles under severe pressure from ordinary human sympathies.
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