Reddit Animals
APRIL 11, 2023
The 10-year-old Boa was pregnant and had been raised by McAdam since it was a baby. Reptiles that are not treated ethically simply do not make good pets. You can dislike something and still recognize the ethical significance of that animal. The Boa was still alive & in pain 20 minutes after they crushed its skull.
Critter News
JUNE 16, 2010
Like other mammals, they are capable of strong emotions. I do not claim to have the answer, but I think it is certainly worthwhile to raise the question: Why, exactly, all over the civilized world, in virtually every major city, are apes in prison? But chimpanzees can abstract. They have certainly committed no crimes.
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Animal Person
DECEMBER 27, 2009
It is true that the vast majority of animals raised for their parts are factory farmed. But instead, we go in the treatment direction and develop a negative emotional connection to factory farming that can probably be ameliorated, if not extinguished, if we remove the factory. Okay, a 4-year old's probably not going to say that.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 21, 2019
I couldn’t help thinking this–me, the anthropomorphism hater– as I watched a pair of Philippine Eagles tend their nest, raise a chick, and tear monkeys apart in Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth , a well-crafted, beautifully filmed documentary with a mission. The Philippine Eagle has a kind face.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2015
Second, reading about birds courting and parenting brings out the tendency to identify, which leads directly to anthropomorphism, the tendency to assign birds human emotions and thoughts. American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood.
Animal Ethics
APRIL 27, 2008
We can treasure the cultural and historical bond between animals and domesticated animals only by ignoring the emotional bond. There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal. Scott Plous Middletown, Conn., More and more people do not. We call ourselves vegetarians. Patti Breitman Fairfax, Calif.,
Animal Ethics
JUNE 17, 2011
Piety is the remedy for religious guilt, and to this emotion we are all witting or unwitting heirs. Where there are conscientious carnivores, however, there is a motive to raise animals kindly. To such a question it is always possible to respond with a shrug of the shoulders.
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