Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says Vancouver's Olympic organizers have the clout to convince the Canadian government to end the controversial seal hunt on the East Coast. The group will launch a new campaign on Wednesday featuring the 2010 Inukshuk logo clubbing a seal, with the five Olympic rings dripping blood.

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Animal Person

APRIL 12, 2009

They can say that the puppy was needing to be re-homed, therefore it's like adopting from a rescue group. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. But I didn't campaign for a presidential greyhound for exactly the same reason Obama's decision was disappointing: it glorifies pure breed dogs.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

Here's today's question: When a group of omnivores begins the inevitable round of jokes about veganism and even about slaughter ("I love turkeys--with sweet potatoes," or my cousin this week on Facebook, "I love the cow, therefore I eat her cheese," or something equally insensitive and ignorant), what do you do?

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 8, 2009

I look forward to hearing about the findings of the conference, and what, if any, solutions the group develops to what they believe are the ills of the global economy. Tags: Current Affairs Economics Ethics Gray Matters Language Religion.

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Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

With more than 2 million members across the globe, PETA is the largest animal advocacy group and comparable in size to the human rights organization, Amnesty International. First, note that now PeTA is an "animal advocacy group." It's not about making a gigantic group even bigger. But that's not the telling item.

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Animal Person

MAY 26, 2009

Fans of specific cookbooks can start groups, and of course, drive sales. Tags: Activism Ethics Film Meredith Corporation Mixing Bowl Social network service Veganism. I know that the average person doesn't look at it this way, but is a birthday cake really worth killing someone for? Tell your favorite vegan cookbook authors!

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Both animal rights groups and animal welfare groups use "compassion" frequently. Tags: Activism Ethics Language. Why all the quotation marks? Because I've been thinking about the evolution of my own thinking--and languaging--regarding animal rights. Then again, so do people who kill animals for a living. Is it fair?

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Finally, I was asked to participate in a new TNR group in my town that started largely because of my oodles of questions and setting of policy for Project Treadstone! It'll be my area's first group dedicated to reducing the feral cat population! Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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Animal Person

APRIL 23, 2009

I broadened my groups to runners, writers, environmentalists and atheists thinking perhaps I should try to find more like-minded people in a more holistic kind of way. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. After all, who I am doesn't stop at vegan.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2008

So, I belong to this book group of 5 to 7 women. I've been with the group for a while and it's not bad. There is one member of this group who works for a pharmaceutical company. She said that there were guidelines on how to treat animals and that, in medical ethics, they are considered "sacrifices." Just cannot decide.

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Animal Person

JUNE 6, 2009

He recently wrote me: We are an abolitionist group and our approach is "Educate, Investigate & Liberate". Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Abolition Animal Rights Pig slaughter Spain Veganism. You may know Jose Valle of the International Organization for the Abolition of Animal Slavery, AnimalEquality.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 3, 2009

We thought it was just a tag, but it's a benign mass that's been irritating her eyeball for months. He belongs to a group of four, I think, and the other three are looking for him. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters. And speaking of eyes. Her birthday present? Regards, Beth. 301-827-5323.

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Animal Person

MAY 25, 2010

If that's what makes the people in that particular insider group happy, that's fine. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. I think it's great, given how hostile the world is to our minority opinions and lifestyle, that there are safe places, even if those safe places have ranting as their modus operandi.

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 5, 2009

And one of the groups demonized by the mainstream is people who think it's unethical to demonize, disrespect and slaughter animals. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. In America, we demonize not only certain animals, but certain people. What's wrong with this picture?

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Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

According to Parker, here are the threats: the ALF, the ELF, SHAC, PeTA and the oddest member of the group, the HSUS. Finally, there is some truth in this, but for reasons Parker is not aware of: "Millions of dollars have been raised by these activists groups under false pretenses, with the very real result of causing harm to animals.

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Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

And no amount of donations to groups that supposedly want to abolish animal cruelty is going to make up for the fact that until you stop having animals killed for you you are part of the problem. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language " Care2 "Wipeout animal cruelty animal rights lion meat.

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Animal Person

APRIL 26, 2010

If there's a local group that is in need of a skill that you have (grantwriting, newsletter writing, website development, photography), I'd imagine that's a possibility. Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language ePub Introverts Jamie Oliver The End of the Line What's on Your Plate.

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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. Tags: Books Ethics Language animal rights Joan Dunayer speciesism. No nonhuman alive today belongs to the same species as some ancestor of humans.

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Animal Person

JULY 3, 2009

This particular group fits in with other Bekoff books as well as those by Jonathan Balcombe and Jeffrey Masson (see here for more on some of them from April of 2008). Tags: Books Ethics Language. And those mythical differences, of course, have historically been used to legitimize our use and treatment of our nonhuman cousins.

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

Be cautious in repeating claims you find on the Web, especially those made by members of chat groups. This rapidly growing site is to be a global resource on alternative methods, the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement), animal ethics, and animal care, with hyperlinks to related Web sites and databases.

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Animal Person

MARCH 23, 2009

If you cannot videotape, how about a photo of your group/class/pets club holding up a sign asking for Nosey to be rescued from her daily torment ? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. This is an opportunity to be creative with getting your message across. and to rodney@thebarretogroup.com and. That was a lot, I know.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. And thanks to the efforts of groups such as PCRM, that ample use isn't so ample anymore. If you want to tweet about it, use the hashtag #whpep.

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MARCH 11, 2011

In 1903, the distinguished Elliott Coues declared , “This is a definite and perfectly natural group, which will be immediately recognized by the foregoing characters, one of which, complete webbing of hallux, is not elsewhere observed among birds.&# These Blasts From The Past Queens Big Day: An Ethical Quandary and More Birds!

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

All these would have to be tagged if the National Animal Identification System becomes mandatory, and for no purpose, because none of my animals will be sold overseas for food. I expect that the industry groups would like to put my farmer friends out of business with the costs and hassles of tagging their animals, to eliminate competition.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 21, 2009

Suppose that tomorrow a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth, beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Chris from Beijing works to get books translated for the groups he works with, and I can say for certain that you'd never take your access to books for granted again if you heard what he has to go through to get books to China. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Various lobby groups, world food organizations, and consumer and environmentalist groups putting pressure on meat producers to utilize these waste products to feed animals might be a much more effective way of conserving grain than vegetarianism. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. KBJ: I’m speechless.

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Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) is against all forms of cruelty to animals and is a grassroots group working to establish rights for all animals here in Ireland, whilst helping to promote and support European and international campaigns. ARAN works with volunteers, activists, members of the public and other animal protection groups.

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Animal Person

MARCH 26, 2009

One good acquaintance I could probably call a friend is an ethics professor who flies back and forth from Texas to China frequently argued in a group pertaining to bestiality. Tags: Ethics. He was the only one against it for religious reasons. Any takers for any part of that?

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Tree, 44, has been rewarded for his compassion by rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) which gave him its Hero to Animals Award. Tags: wildlife crime natural disaster australia animal rescue wildlife PETA. The fireman who saved Sam the Koala is now an international Youtube star.

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Critter News

JULY 25, 2009

This exchange was part of a larger group discussion about Collapse by Jared Diamond. Tags: animal experimentation medical ethics medical research science. She's a salesperson not an actual scientist, but she likes to claim she is one and people tend to cede authority to her. She's always talking about Darwin and DNA testing.)

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Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. 3) George W. by Mark Weisbrot, Los Angeles Times, July 23, 2009 [link] (July 23, 2009).

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