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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Niman gives us is to pay attention to the source of meat products and what our mothers always told us: clean your plate. To the Editor: The claims Nicolette Hahn Niman makes for how greenhouse gases might be reduced while still eating meat may very well be true, and I do not have the expertise to challenge them. The best advice Ms.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat. The island was being ravaged by rabbits that were destroying every last tree, threatening the future of three lizards and two snakes. Not from an environmental perspective but from a “don’t you like animals?”

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On the Keeping of Endangered Fishes

Animal Person

Assuming that the fish are kept in a large aquarium that mimics their natural habitat, and that the keeper treats the fish as family (as they would a rescued dog, cat, rabbit, etc.), Of course that also brings up the dilemma of feeding cats and fish, who are omnivores and actually need to eat some meat in order to be healthy.

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