10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

I just pressed the wrong button when working on the post on September 28 (feel free to insert your own joke about premature something here). When there are cuckoos around – which parasitize Daurian Redstarts – the females have a higher rate of egg rejection. The Yellow-bellied Tit suffers a bit less from such jokes.

Birds 246

Birds Deer China Owls 246

Critter News

JUNE 28, 2009

Crowded and filthy conditions mean suffering for hens. How much suffering can and should they endure without significantly affecting the human pocketbook. From the Clemson press release. Nearly 95 percent of the 90 billion table eggs produced in the United States come from high-density cage systems.

Hens Eggs 100

Hens Eggs Investigation Animal Welfare South Carolina 100

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

Below is a press release about the mailing. The meat industry is inherently destructive and inhumane, there is no way to make it otherwise, and much of the harm it does to ecosystems is by inflicting suffering and death on billions of nonhuman animals, farmed and free-living, each year. Another went out last Friday.

Meat Industry 100

Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

He is the author of several books, including Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990) and The Case Against Christianity (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991). Michael Martin is a professor of philosophy at Boston University.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Vegan 40