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Greyhound Racing Officially Ends in Massachusetts

Animal Person

Thanks to Grey2kUSA and the voters of Massachusetts who put an end to live greyhound racing in the Bay State as of last Saturday night! Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters. Here 's more on how it all happened and why this particular situation was unique (i.e.,

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Animal Rights is Pernicious Nonsense?

Animal Person

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. It has absolutely nothing to do with any genuine environmentalist ethic. Now, I know you're saying: That's not what animal rights is.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

10,000 Birds

Nick Lund pretty much says it all when he writes, “Maine left Massachusetts in 1820 to become its own state and took the best of New England with it” (p. American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Maine. we learn) that are home to coveted boreal species, breeding wood-warblers, and two species of Grouse.

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Nature’s Ambassador: The Legacy of Thornton W. Burgess, by Christie Palmer Lowrance

10,000 Birds

Nor, on the other hand, does Lowrance impose the kind of pacing and structure that turns a life into an absorbing narrative.

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An Animal Rights-Protection-Abolitionist Organization

Animal Person

Massachusetts is probably an exception, as voters banned racing while tracks were still in operation, so that's a message about how they feel about dog racing that turned into a ban. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Greyhound Matters Language. Greyhound racing is dying, for sure, but not because people are necessarily against it.

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Steven M. Wise on Legal Rights for Animals

Animal Ethics

But a change in the common law (which Germany does not have) may be the most likely of all. What is the common law?

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

I grew up on a dairy and hog farm in central Massachusetts. I look forward to casting my vote for compassion. Janet Treadaway New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: I, too, am a farm boy.