4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 9, 2011
Says DeGeneres: “Did you know that every year between 250 and 300 million turkeys are bred for slaughter in the United States? Here at Farm Sanctuary, we live with turkeys, so we know they are interesting and intelligent and have complex emotional lives like dogs, cats and other animals.
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. We simply refuse to squee. Some people love books like that. Think of birds too much as humans and you lose the specialness that makes them birds.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
We are all suckers for an albatross, at least in the United States. She is one of the best nature writers I’ve encountered in recent years, able to paint experiences with emotional immediacy. She’s described conservation successes in detail–the Bald Eagle, the Short-tailed Albatross, now protected in Japan.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
On the other hand, Phoebe Snetsinger’s memoir, Birding on Borrowed Time , becomes tedious because of her lack of emotional disclosure. There is little factual material here about global conservation and protection, but that is not the book’s purpose. The Jewel Hunter can be frustrating in this respect.
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