Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2010

One died and the other two were seized for sheltering at a research institution. Both species are endangered and it is illegal to cross breed them. Tags: zoos taiwan tigers lion endangered species. A private zoo operator in Taiwan cross-bred lions and tigers, resulting in three "liger" cubs.

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Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

Whenever the media report that someone has killed "an endangered animal" or "an endangered species," they too confuse an individual with a species. Any animal threatened with a gun or arrow is endangered. Hunters kill members of endangered species. Tags: Books Ethics Language.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 25, 2010

I think my feeling on it is that it's more of a rescue effort; that we humans made the mess that endangered the species in the first place, so we should do our best to fix it. I have always loved fish, and I'd like to be able to keep a species from becoming extinct, but is this an appropriate activity for a vegan?

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