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How Close Is “Too Close” To An Owl?

10,000 Birds

And quite frankly, I’ve seen some of the most dedicated of ethical birders get excited at finding an owl and get closer than they should. It’s a small education Northern White-faced Owl that completely changes shape as zoo keepers bring by other types of owls that would be a predator for that species.

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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

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Dunayer devotes a chapter each to the language used in hunting, zoos, "marine parks," vivisection and "animal agriculture." An animal's own terms are 'Don't hunt me'" (49). "At Each year, US zoos label thousands of nonhuman animals 'surplus' and treat them accordingly" (87). Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

27): It’s little wonder that Tatiana, the tiger that escaped from the San Francisco Zoo, longed for her freedom. Tigers are designed by nature to roam far and wide, hunt, claim territory and seek out mates. ” (news article, Dec. Jennifer O’Connor Norfolk, Va.,

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

One of the first examples I ever encountered was in the books of Gerald Durrell, the famous conservationist who was an early pioneer of the roles of zoos in conservation. He often defended that role in his books from animal rights activists who opposed “imprisoning” animals in zoos even if it saved them from extinction.