Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 1, 2010

If an animal has the relevant moral capacities, actually or potentially, then it can be a possessor of rights. However, further research on animals such as whales and dolphins, although seemingly not in respect to monkeys, apes, chimpanzees, may yet reveal that man is not the only animal capable of being a bearer of rights.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2012

The legal rights of nonhuman animals might first be achieved in any of three ways. In 2002 the German Parliament amended Article 26 of the Basic Law to give nonhuman animals the right to be “respected as fellow creatures” and to be protected from “avoidable pain.” Steven M.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Kricher is well-known in naturalist book circles as a scientist who can write about complex scientific topics in engaging smart prose touched with just the right amount of dry wit. I’m sure it must have been on my list of suggested reading for my tour (I just checked my files, and yes, it was).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2013

We also passed White-fronted Terns , one of which was being harrassed by an Arctic Skua (Parasitic Jaeger to Americans), which broke off its pursuit when a fish jumped out of the water right beside it. The same organisation can also take you out to see Dusky Dolphins (more about next week), so what are you waiting for?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

This may be the most awesome pelagic you’ll ever experience… For me it was the publication in 1984 of Peter Harrison’s ground-breaking identification guide to ‘ Seabirds ’ that opened up the off-shore world of pelagic birding right on Cape Town’s door step.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

Right: Robert McCormick, by Stephen Pearce. Unlike Darwin, who was a self-funded gentleman naturalist on board, McCormick was bound to the Beagle by his duties and was furious that a civilian passenger on board had usurped his rightful position as ship’s naturalist. (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998).

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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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10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2014

On our way back, three Common Bottlenose Dolphins show right next to the boat and, some time later, a Painted Lady ( Vanessa cardui ) butterfly appears some 300 metres downwind from the shore. Beside a few Yellow-legged Gulls, the rest consist of three dozen Scopoli’s Shearwater , a race of Cory’s Shearwater ( Calonectris d.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2016

Our pick-up from Blumine was slightly delayed as the afternoon boat was distracted by Bottlenose Dolphins (something I have to say we might have enjoyed ourselves) but we were then off to Motuara Island, another predator free bird sanctuary. The stage to the left and the stands to the right – the Birdbath. A Bellbird singing.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

In particular the South Island destination of Kaikoura is world-renowned for the flocks of albatrosses and giant petrels floating right off the pelagic boat, and the ease of the trip makes it a must-visit for any visiting birder. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella. Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

And birders spend a lot of their time watching the tree-crowns and, in the right place, spotting many other tree-dwellers. Larger species, that is, excluding dolphins and whales. Still, there should be no problem with larger species that allow for longer observation time (e.g.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 19, 2009

I assumed that Hume was right in thinking that ultimately morality depends on how we feel about things. Many prominent animal-rights advocates (such as Tom Regan ) are deontologists rather than consequentialists. In advocating utilitarianism to a group of people I therefore had to express my feelings and appeal to their feelings.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

The Argument from Animal Rights A stronger argument is made by people who maintain that animals have rights. In particular, it has been argued that animals have a right to life. The question is, of course, whether animals do have a right to life. The answer to this question turns on what is meant by having a right.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2017

The site is famous for a place called Monkey Mia, where dolphins have learnt to come up to the beach a few times a day to get snacks. That’s fine, and I like dolphins, but I usually prefer them away from a circus. Shark Bay is an enormous feature, a huge bay surrounded by deserty-scrub right on the edge of the tropics.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2017

a Northern Mockingbird does some sitting of its own… Then Lisa came back with the dozens of people on the Littoral Society field trip and though the platform got crowded we still managed to make out a flock of Northern Shovelers flying over the ocean and then a quartet of Wood Ducks buzzed right past the platform.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2014

These birds definitely have the right idea, as temperatures Down Under last week soared above 40 degrees Celsius (that’s over 100 degrees Farenheit, for the non-metric among us), postponing some Australian Open matches. Clare tipped us off to this nugget: a mob of Emu wading into the waters of the Monkey Mia preserve.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

Why bother with birds you can’t check off your list, right? He was right! The Dolphin Mall to be precise, where ponds in front of the mall are the best spot around to see Gray-headed Swamphens , yet another introduced species that has proliferated to the point where they are countable in Florida. How convenient!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

It is acceptable to point out other sea creatures–dolphins or whales or dragonflies–but the main goal is the observation and identification of the birds. The photo of the Tundra Swan at right is by Ken Behrens.) This is a great feature for those of us who tend to read up on a species quickly, right before a field trip.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Second, there are other species besides human beings that have high intelligence, e.g., chimpanzees and dolphins. KBJ: Nobody in the animal-rights or animal-liberation movement views intelligence as a morally significant property, at least intrinsically. What should our moral attitude be toward eating members of these species?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2020

Size apart, the sighting rates in the right season and area are really striking. The main chapters are habitats, fauna and flora, followed by a separate chapter on whales, dolphins and seabirds, and the Sri Lanka national parks and wildlife reserves. The only thing that remains is to check Gehan’s words personally.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

I spent most of the last seven or so hours of the trip lying down on a bench, getting up to see birds, dolphins, and whales when they were called out instead of spending my time scanning for additional birds. Pacific White-sided Dolphin with a Fin Whale. (At Sabine’s Gulls are far too wonderful for this picture to represent them.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2018

So, we start with Dolphin Gull and end with Red-Legged Kittiwake, a totally different sequence from the 2017 eBird listings. So, I can go right to the description of Larus canus heinei on page 78, but I need to scan the photo captions to find the gull depicted on pages 83 and 84. Topography. Book Organization.

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