Animal Ethics

APRIL 19, 2016

"There is no longer dispute among serious scientists that humans aren’t the only animals who have the capacity to suffer physically and mentally. Elephants, great apes, orcas, dogs, cats, and many other animals can experience depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and compulsive disorders.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

Not long after the move my friend and I were walking our dogs, early in the morning, when the dogs discovered something tiny lying in the middle of the sidewalk. Just to make sure, however, I shooed the dogs away and checked it out. The chickadee that I discovered on the sidewalk was suffering from dehydration and hypothermia.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Arthritis is a very painful and common condition that affects older dogs. One in five adult dogs are affected by arthritis, and it has been reported to be the number one source of chronic pain that veterinarians treat every year. There are two common types of dog arthritis. There are a number of causes of arthritis in dogs.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

Although lip service was paid to the fact that lions are endangered and a lion was poached, the language of anger was the language of animals rights. I’ve written before at length about how conservation and animal rights , while often drawing on mutual a reverence of nature, are different beasts. Not at the moment, anyway.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 8, 2012

The central case of cruelty appears to be the case where, in Locke's apt phrase, one takes "a seeming kind of Pleasure" in causing another to suffer. Some cruel people do not feel pleasure in making others suffer. Cruelty is manifested in different ways. Let us term this sadistic cruelty. Not all cruel people are cruel in this sense.

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Animal Person

JULY 26, 2009

There has to be something I can do to reduce all of the suffering of the animals we use as food, I thought. How do they know what's right? That would be like brainwashing, and that's just not right. I recently watched Earthlings and cried the whole way through. I mean, where do they get their morals from?

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Vegan Animal Suffering Rabbits 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2009

BSL (Breed-Specific Legislation) is the canine equivalent of racial profiling, banning certain dog breeds that have been labeled “dangerous.” Focusing on the breeds, instead of putting the blame where it belongs — on the individual dogs and their irresponsible owners — is discrimination in no uncertain terms.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 10, 2010

We are into the “dog days&# of summer, and with that comes a need to keep cool. The design is also very easy to keep clean, which is helpful for allergy sufferers like me. We love that it can move in so many directions, making it easy to get the air flowing right where you need it.

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Pets 2010 Suffering Dogs 100

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Within weeks, with lots of love, patience, and socializing with other tenants and pets, she was a totally different dog. She then lies down right beside me. Ever since I got her, she’s been an absolutely wonderful dog. We stayed like that with Angel right by him until the police and ambulance got there.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 13, 2010

You love your pet, right? Vomiting and diarrhea: Even responsible pet owners overlook this occasionally because it is such a common occurrence in dogs and cats. No need to panic every time kitty cat scratches herself, but if it becomes excessive, she may be suffering from a skin disease or infection. Of course you do.

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Pets Medical Pet Rights Vet 100

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 17, 2012

All you need to do is set the cage down somewhere and you’re good to go, right? This anxiety could cause the bird to suffer health problems. Birds could get scared by something outside like dogs or storms. Well, yes and no. A good deal of consideration needs to go into where you place your birdcage. Temperature and Air Quality.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 28, 2012

That’s right, your faithful, adoring four-legged friend. If an important member of your wedding party suffers from pet allergies, then perhaps you should limit your pet’s participation. Ensure Your Pet Will be Well Received. Before you decide to give Fido a starring role, check to make sure that your guests and venue are pet friendly.

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Pets Kittens Bears Suffering 100

Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2010

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." All animals except the dog are called "it" (I did a little experiment to see what would happen). I remember that as a child I called all cats "she" and dogs "he" in the absence of a name.

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Animal Person

MARCH 11, 2010

And if justice and nonviolence are your mission, the living "things" you eat wouldn't include beings as sentient as your dog companion. We can argue about where to draw that line all day long, but here are the facts of the case: The "spirit" of my dog companion, Violet Rays, may or may not exist. This is indeed a matter of conscience.

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Killing Vegan Goats Buffalo 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

The average (responsible) dog-owner does not think of his or her dog functioning on instinct, but as a organism with deep emotional ties to its family that seeks out pleasures and avoids pains… which, fundamentally, is how we people operate.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2008

Eat right. What counts as eating right? Eat right—I will eat a diet low in fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium, and high in complex carbohydrates and fiber; and I will limit my consumption of empty calories like those found in sweets, soda pop, and trendy high-calorie coffee drinks and energy drinks. Lose weight.

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Rights Animal Cruelty Vegan Cruelty 40

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

This says it all: "[T]he vision of sustainable farms that give animals a good life (a life as good as we give our dogs or cats) and an easy death (as easy as a death we give our suffering and terminally ill companion animals) has moved me" (242). You never have to wonder if the fish on your plate had to suffer. Not a single one.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

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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Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2006

Eat right. What counts as eating right? Eat right—I will eat a diet low in fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium, and high in complex carbohydrates and fiber; and I will limit my consumption of empty calories like those found in sweets, soda pop, and trendy high-calorie coffee drinks. Lose weight. Quit smoking.

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2007 Rights Animal Cruelty Cruelty 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2009

Who Should Not Eat Meat, or What Does a Vegetarian Feed His Dog? But this reply is based on a confusion between the praiseworthiness or blameworthiness of a moral agent and the rightness or wrongness of the action of an agent. Moral concepts such as “right” and “wrong” apply only to autonomous beings. Not necessarily.

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Morals Vegetarian Meat Lions 40

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

On a very quiet night during a lull in the drama of the ducks, I was researching the Greyhound racing industry, and seething over its treatment of dogs as well as the support it often gets, through subsidies, to help it survive. And you can’t drive on the Interstate without seeing signs telling you when to exit for the “Dog Track.”

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Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

.’s Birds of New Guinea notes that the species is often seen moving in “high-flying flocks,” and Coates and Bishop’s Bird of Wallacea declares, “this species has suffered greatly from human predation and is now generally scarce to very rare.” A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again.

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Animal Person

JUNE 22, 2009

It's impersonal and hideously ugly and the animals suffer greatly. I wouldn't do it to a dog, and I shouldn't do it to a chicken/sheep/cow/pig. It's just not right. Their claim is that what has become the customary way to take sentient nonhumans from babyhood to untimely death is not humane. It's cruel. No argument here.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Slaughter Slaughtered 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Virtually everyone agrees that: (1) It is wrong to cause a conscious sentient animal to suffer for no good reason. Causing an animal to suffer for no good reason is cruel, and our ordinary commonsense morality tells us in no uncertain terms that cruelty is wrong. It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly. KBJ: Singer’s claim is that one should not contribute, even incrementally, to animal suffering. Do I tacitly approve of Hare Krishna?

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

He’s right: I don’t care deeply about the suffering of animals I eat, wear or otherwise benefit from. Suffering and injustice are inherent in life, and time is short. I also recognize that alleviating suffering in one area may cause pain elsewhere. Lerner Woodside, Calif., Wolves eat sheep. Tuna eat mackerel.

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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

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. Or new markets could be found among the countries of the world where meat consumption is slight; more need for meat could be produced among nonvegetarians and dogs and cats.

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