Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

I hope he also knows that choosing a meat-based diet contributes to environmental devastation, involves a disproportionate use of the earth’s resources and causes untold health problems. Kristof is attuned to issues of human suffering and injustice.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

APRIL 15, 2007

Whaling for scientific research is indispensable to establish the proper conservation of whales and ocean resources. Japan is sincerely committed to researching whales’ dietary habits and nutrition status, as well as the shift in whale populations by age over time.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Whales Whaling 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2007

Those who continue to abuse every animal and natural resource for their own pleasures will come to represent the ugly. To the Editor: Re “ Uncruel Beauty ” (Thursday Styles, Jan. Some day it will be the ultimate in chic to be a compassionate consumer. Kat McAfee Princeton, N.J., 12, 2007 Note from KBJ: You are what you wear.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Vegan 2007 40

Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2009

The New York Times presents us, this morning, with "Equine Alternative" regarding the recent discovery that horses decided to allow themselves be domesticated by humans for our mutual benefit, earlier than we had thought (3500 BC, and we preciously thought it was more like 2500 BC). Forgot to hit "publish now" on this.

Experience 100

Experience Experiments Horses Transported 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The Resources lists are recommendations on where to find most of the materials discussed in the text, which I appreciate. I understand that this is common in many media style sheets (looking at you, New York Times), but they should be capitalized in a bird book. There are a few items I need to nitpick about.

Birds 140

Birds Eggs Laws Woodpeckers 140

Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

When you read stories in major newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Newsweek, be wary of simplification, bias, and a tendency to support traditional views indifferent to animals’ interests. A valuable new resource has recently entered the information superhighway.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Animal Medical Research Research 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 12, 2008

Andrew Revkin writes the Dot Earth blog for the New York Times. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are already shaping climate and the web of life. You can find his recent post on the current state of whale hunting here.

Whales 40

Whales Whaling Hunting New York Times 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 31, 2007

Here is a New York Times editorial opinion about the wolf. A copy of the paper was deposited with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources in East Lansing, where I did much of my research, but it has never been published.

Michigan 40

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 14, 2007

Here is a New York Times op-ed column about pork production. Notice that the author is not opposed to the use of nonhuman animals as resources for human consumption. She simply wants to minimize their suffering before they are killed (painlessly?) and their bodies dismembered and processed.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Unless we start taking wildlife crime seriously and allocate the resources necessary to tackle a sophisticated and well-financed global criminal network, elephants and other charismatic species will continue their tragic slide into oblivion. ELIZABETH L.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York South Korea New York City 40