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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

10,000 Birds

The plan was the subject of public comments and hearings, consultation with a bio-ethics expert , and an environmental impact statement. (A A sample of this process is here.) The appellate panel stated that the MBTA delegated to FWS the authority to draft regulations implementing the statutory permitting process.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.”

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The Million Dollar Duck (2016) – A Film Review

10,000 Birds

An explanation is given about how market hunters and the draining of wetlands left no place for migrating waterfowl to land or feed and “ the Great Plains soon became a mass graveyard for migratory birds, raising the question, how do we protect birds from man ?” ” Cartoon images by Ding Darling.

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On Foundation Beyond Belief

Animal Person

I think I'll join today, as I'm not sure I can make a fair judgment on the process and the structure (and the success, whatever that means) from the outside. Here are my initial thoughts, though: "Animal Protection." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Religion. Just a thought. What do you think about this idea?

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

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Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. The case for ethical vegetarianism starts with several uncontroversial premises. No one disputes that these actions cause the animals an enormous amount of pain and distress.

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Into the Nest: A Book Review in the Time of Nesting

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Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Think of birds too much as humans and you lose the specialness that makes them birds. But special.

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Where Does Entertainment Begin and End?

Animal Person

Juluri is referring to something specific: the Supreme Court's examination of First Amendment protection of acts of cruelty to animals. And is video of a cow being pummeled to death with a bat worse than a cow being "processed" in a slaughterhouse? And the article is worth reading just for that. Need it be gratuitous to be offensive?