10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Every autumn I spend an inordinate amount of time examining the edges of fields, scrubby stands of brush, and everywhere else that little brown jobs, otherwise known as sparrows, might appear. Song Sparrows , White-throated Sparrows , Swamp Sparrows , Dark-eyed Juncos , Savannah Sparrows , and Chipping Sparrows are the most frequent birds to cross my field of view but White-crowned Sparrows , Field Sparrows , Lincoln’s Sparrows , and Fox Sparrows aren’t uncommon.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

This elephant was saved from drowning in a manmade structure in a Zimbabwe national park by a team that is using drones to deter poaching. The rescue was made by the Air Shepherd team in Zimbabwe’s vast Hwange National Park. … Continue reading → The post Dramatic Elephant Rescue appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Moral philosophers, even those belonging to the Critical School [the followers of Kant and Fries], have often represented duties to animals as indirect duties to oneself or to other men. For instance, maltreatment of animals is forbidden on the ground that it encourages cruelty, that is, a disposition that obstructs fulfillment of duty. Now, maltreatment of animals may have just that effect; nevertheless the argument in question takes no account of the whole truth.

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