10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A kingfisher with a somewhat deficient work ethic, I guess. This is a juvenile Grey-headed Fish Eagle , unless it is another fish eagle like the Lesser (the lack of any grey head makes me doubt the identification a bit, but it seems juveniles cannot afford a grey head yet). Or speluncaphobia?

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 11, 2023

New England Reptile Distributers just released a video explaining a terrible incident involving the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). Reptiles that are not treated ethically simply do not make good pets. This is also present in birds & mammals, however it is not fully present in fish & amphibians.

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Pythons illegal Florida Killing 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2011

I would have had to turn my ABA membership card in if I didn’t go see what birds were around the refuge, at least, I think that is in the ABA’s principles of Birding Ethics. Sadly, the tide was low and getting lower, not ideal for seeing concentrations of shorebirds which are typically the best birds this time of year.

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New Jersey United States Fish Ethics 169

Animal Person

JUNE 10, 2009

"We are fighting a war against fish, and we are. That brief trailer could be a gift in the disguise of paradoxical message about how we can still kill and eat fish, yet not be at war with them. That tells me that we're still at war, as we are going to continue to kill fish because we can and we want to.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

The Mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System is to administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans 1. We think so.

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Ducks Wildlife Hunters Hunting 189

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

If you eat meat you cannot logically find it morally or ethically repugnant to eat a particular meat (I’m setting cannibalism aside here.). I repeat: If you eat meat (I'd say: products that come from animals) , you cannot logically find it morally or ethically repugnant to eat a particular meat (i.e., Or pig, or duck, or fish.

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Pigs Dogs Meat Ethics 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

“Nothing is more humbling,” he sighs, “than spending a few hours in a boat or on a riverbank, unsuccessfully trying to catch a fish, and then seeing an Osprey dive and catch one right in front of you” (p. The Bobolink’s display song is said to be similar to the sounds of the Star Wars robot R2-D2.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2007

Here is a New York Times story about fish farming—in the Israeli desert! According to the story, "Fish farming. has become more lucrative worldwide as people seek more fish in their diet for better health, and ocean fisheries increasingly are being depleted."

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Farming Fish New York Times New York 40

Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

No living group of nonhuman animals--no existing species of invertebrate, fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or nonhuman mammal--is ancestral to humans. Modern fishes radically differ from the fish who was the last common ancestor of fishes and humans. No frog, toad, or salamander ever was our forebear.

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Speciesism Apes Advocacy Salamander 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2014

But on the second night we went on foot in a small group and saw a lot more, including flying frogs, a Common Banded Civet and best of all a brief view of a Buffy Fish Owl ! Trips Borneo ethics night' Noisy crowds are as bad for wildlife at night as during the day, who knew? An awesome tree frog at Danum.

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Badgers Wildlife Reptiles Monkeys 154

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 24, 2008

Before leaving this question of "consistency," as affected by the gradations of our duty of humaneness to animals, a few words may be said on the practice of fish-eating. Here again Sir H. Henry S.

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Fish Vegetarian Fowl Slaughter 40

Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

I mean, I eat chicken and fish.". Interviewer: "Wait, so you want to abolish animal cruelty, except for chickens and fish, (pointing at the contestant) because she doesn't like them?". Now you kill turkeys, chickens, fish and--". Cut to a conversation with the contestant. Interviewer: "Are you a vegetarian?". Contestant: "Nope.

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Lions Animal Cruelty Cruelty Chickens 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog. Estimates of predator populations by State fish and game officials indicate that the number of predators removed by WS is small compared with overall predator numbers. Tags: fish and wildlife USDA.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 26, 2009

Instead, our LGUs teach the false ancient beliefs that maintain meat -- including dairy, fish, eggs, and feed crops -- as an institution. . Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. Our most insidious institution -- as my talk in Miami in 10 days (August 29th) will explain! Glenside, PA 19038. 215-886-RPA1. RPA4all@aol.com.

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Meat Responsible Policies Miami Meat Industry 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 19, 2009

How about an ethical adventure ? Perhaps they are taught that other cultures eat animals other than cows, chickens, fish and pigs, I don't know. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Removing skin and bones from a chicken breast was "slimy and gushy and. fun" said one (female) child. I don't even know where to start.

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Cooking Chickens Factory Monkeys 100

Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

It's just another excuse people have concocted because they like the taste of cow/pig/chicken/fish flesh. All they do thereafter is replace cows with chickens and pigs and fish. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Food and Drink. It's not difficult once you get the hang of it--it's just different at first.

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China Cats Speciesism Dogs 100

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

At a minimum, catching and releasing a fish inflicts pain, terror, and temporary disability. Many fishes are released with a gaping hole where they were stabbed and held aloft for photos" (66). . Fishers who catch and release may kill more fishes than those who catch only the number they're legally allowed to keep.

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Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests. But is there validity to these commonly held ideas?

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 250

Animal Person

JANUARY 6, 2010

They can also learn how "to hold sponges over their snouts to protect themselves when searching for spiny fish on the ocean floor." Dolphins cooperate to round up fish (kind of like the way the Japanese cooperate to round up the dolphins). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters Language. What do you think?

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Dolphins Animal Rights Rights Animal 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

The reasonable rates really do not adequately reflect both the level of comfort and the personalized service ethic. If you happen to be there in summer the lake is a gorgeous place to take a quick dip, head out on a boat to take in the stunning scenery or to indulge in a little fishing. And this place has birds to boot!

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Portugal 2011 Deer Birds 182

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2013

This new analysis again suggested that Snowy Owls (and the fascinating fish-owls ) are embedded within the eagle-owl complex. In fact, in 2009, Wink et al. So I wasn’t aware there was any controversy about the matter, until I saw a passage in a new monograph on the bird, The Snowy Owl , by Eugene Potapov and Richard Sale.

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Owls Indonesia 2002 North Carolina 172

Animal Person

AUGUST 5, 2009

The problem with that statement is it's not as if farmers are searching "the wild" for cows, pigs, chicken and fish, plucking them from their homes, and plopping them on a farm to live out their (shortened) lives prior to slaughter. Tags: Ethics Language. The choice isn't the wild or the farm.

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Gazelles Slaughter Slaughtered Deer 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

It’s an ethical dilemma: Let the eagles alone, with the risk that they may die out in 20 years, or film them with as minimal disturbance as possible, with the hope that the visuals will have an impact on people and help extend their existence. And, the parents are pretty charismatic as well. Newborn in Laboratory, photo by Eric Liner.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

Animal Person

MARCH 23, 2009

The Fish and Wildlife Commission and Governor Crist need to hear there is an outcry in order for Nosey to be confiscated. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Please, read the action alert at the end of this email. The situation is dire. Direct line # 561-676-0633. education [link]. That was a lot, I know.

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Elephants Vegan Bullhook Laws 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

And I want Baby Sky to grow up in a home where there is just as much respect for chickens and calves and fishes as there is for greyhounds and cats and people. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Greyhound Matters Language Thanksgiving veganism. Of course, the world outside of our home tells a different story.

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Greyhounds Forced Molting Debeaking Vegan 100

Animal Person

JULY 14, 2009

People (both human people and fish people) aren’t dying because the world is running out of water. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language. Consumer culture and the capitalist mindset have taught us to substitute acts of personal consumption (or enlightenment) for organized political resistance. What are your thoughts?

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Vegan Industry Killing Ethics 100

Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

If you believe your dog has a right to a life free of torture and slaughter for no reason, then you really ought to think about extending that right to mice, rats, chickens and fish. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Especially when that group doesn't appear to want us to stop using animals.

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Animal Advocacy PETA Animal Advocacy 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 15, 2008

Here is a New York Times story about seafood.

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Fish New York Times New York 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

They are all primarily fish-eaters adapted for life in the water and the air. Unlike cormorants, which have hooked bills to grab fish, these birds have daggerlike bills with which they spear fish. These Blasts From The Past Queens Big Day: An Ethical Quandary and More Birds! Feeding Frenzy at Jamaica Bay.Or

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 157

Animal Person

MARCH 11, 2010

The same is true for cows, pigs, fishes, turkeys, chickens, buffaloes, sheeps, goats, and many other nonhuman animals whom we call "food." Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Language animal rights Huffington Post language sentience spirituality veganism William Horden. This is indeed a matter of conscience.

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Killing Vegan Goats Buffalo 100

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

Environmentalists recognize the meat industry as extremely ecodestructive – including fish, dairy, eggs, feed crops with their massive use of water & topsoil and toxic runoff killing rivers and oceans, and the killing of billions of free-living animals to protect farmed animals and feed crops.

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Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2014

It is still early spring and the leaves are small, not fully developed, so we manage to see them too, and we did it very ethically, without provoking a response by the mobile phone. Still, a few metres further, one, then another male sings in a low, dancing display flight (barely two-three metres above the bushes).

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Greece Pelicans Breeding Buffalo 164

Animal Ethics

JUNE 5, 2008

I had been focused on what I had to give up—sugar, gluten, alcohol, meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese. If you're like most people, you'll feel better physically, spiritually, and ethically, almost immediately. On Day 2, Oprah reported: "Wow, wow, wow! I never imagined meatless meals could be so satisfying. What's left?'

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Vegan Vegan Lifestyle Cruelty Chickens 40

Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2007

At the time, I decided to continue eating fish, just to make sure that I wouldn't crave too much. I have also stopped eating fish for the most part, though on occasion the craving is unbearable, likely because I have not found a good source of Omega-3 fatty acids. It was helpful to keep me sane. Regards, Shelby

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Meat Ethics Fish Rights 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 3, 2008

The interests in nourishment and in gustatory pleasure lead man to kill and eat cattle, fish, and fowl. This cuts down on the long-range satisfactions of the cattle, the fish, and the fowl. Gardner Williams, "The Moral Insignificance of the Total of All Value," Ethics 55 [April 1945]: 216-21, at 219-20 [italics in original])

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Lamb Fowl Morals Animal 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

1, 2009 To the Editor: As an ethics instructor who aims to inspire my students to think about the connections between their values and daily practices, I found Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article disappointing. Niman’s argument amounts to lowering an ethical standard to fit the demands of our meat-centric culture and Western privilege.

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New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2011

To the Editor: Re “ When Fashion Meets Fishing, the Feathers Fly ” (front page, June 29), about a new trend of inserting fly fishing feathers in hair: If you wouldn’t walk around with a cat’s paw or a dog’s tail dangling from your hair, please don’t fall for the rooster feather fad either.

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New York Times New York Killing 2011 40