10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

This is approximated by the size of the animal, but really, this has to be adjusted for depending on modality of killing. An abstract from a recent paper in Nature : Anthropogenic threats, such as collisions with man-made structures, vehicles, poisoning and predation by domestic pets, combine to kill billions of wildlife annually.

Feral Cats 255

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 255

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

Like Vick, most of us shamelessly abuse and kill animals. Americans systematically exploit and kill animals - sometimes for scientific progress; sometimes for leather jackets, ham sandwiches, or horse-racing. This is part of the piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Chefs place live lobsters in pots of boiling water.

Michael Vick 100

Michael Vick Guinea Pigs Animal Cruelty Animal Abuse 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

If human beings were confined, mutilated and killed, would we call it “humane” if the cages were a few inches bigger, the knife sharper, the death faster? To the Editor: The term “free range” sounds prettier than it usually is. The debeaking of hens and other routine cruelties of egg production are seldom put before the public.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

He doesn’t recognize the public health and ecological harms caused by industrial food animal production methods, including increased antibiotic resistance, polluted drinking water, huge fish kills and impaired air quality leading to respiratory illness. We have a hard enough time figuring out what makes people happy, but chickens?

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40