Critter News
JUNE 20, 2010
Self-awareness, suffering and a social culture along with high mental abilities are a hallmark of cetaceans, an order grouping more than 80 whales, dolphins and porpoises, say marine biologists.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
The photographic quality ranges from very good to exceptional, and though the point of photographs in a book like this is to communicate information, I think the excellence of some of Loughlin’s photography suffers from the number of images packed into the book. I also think there are chapters where the photographs crowd out the text.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2022
The two best ways to find it when visiting Costa Rica are: taking a trip to Cocos Island, and watching pelagic seabird flocks associated with tuna and dolphins. It’s an unfortunate answer that reflects the steady decrease in population suffered by this parrot king of the tropical dry forest.
Animal Ethics
APRIL 18, 2008
Here is a passage from John Rodman's classic essay "The Dolphin Papers," The North American Review 259 (spring 1974): 13-26, at 24: St. Augustine [354-430] had long ago decided that beasts were incapable of suffering pain, because otherwise God would be unjust. capable of suffering), (b) animals are innocent (i.e., Therefore, 3.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Elephants, whales, hippopotamuses, giraffes, and alligators use low-frequency sounds to communicate over long distances, often miles; and bats, dolphins, whales, frogs, and various rodents use high-frequency sounds to find food, communicate with others, and navigate. They were brought separately to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn.,
Animal Ethics
JULY 7, 2009
Now, although it is plausible that adult animals of some very intelligent species, e.g., dolphins and chimpanzees, have such a concept, it is not clear that adult animals of other species do and it is very likely that young infants of any species do not. Presumably most animals—even infants—would have the right not to suffer.
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
And this is partly what’s so disappointing about the message of this book: Herzog amasses the research, and sees and does things that involve tremendous suffering and injustice. The research, much of the time, doesn’t support the conventional wisdom (which is not to say the case is closed on any issue).
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