10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

Species Accounts are organized by family according to the 61st Supplement (2020) of the AOS Checklist of North and Middle American Birds (the 62nd Supplement came out while the book was in production, which is to be expected). Comments from more experienced readers are welcome.).

Wildlife Rehabilitation 258

Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 258

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Also, I couldn't resist mentioning a word that was new to me until today, and it's surprising that it's new given what is is: Anthropolatry : The productive suffix -latry (from Greek, meaning "worship") clues us up that this is a form of worship, and the anthropo- part means "humankind," as it does in many related words.

Animal Abuse 100

Animal Abuse Speciesism Animal Ethics 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2014

Amazon had a brilliant press release on Cyber Monday 2013 about using drones as a possible delivery service for their products in the near future. It included a video that a production company took with a drone in our park’s corridor. Then an email went around my park from my fellow ranger Gordon that caught my attention.

Bald Eagle 195

Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 195

Animal Person

DECEMBER 5, 2009

First let's deconstruct: The recession has caused a decrease in demand for animal products. What if Meatless Mondays and all of the messages about decreasing consumption of animal products have made a difference and consumers have spoken? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Food and Drink Language. Translation?

Afghanistan 100

Afghanistan DC Slaughter Slaughtered 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Earlier this year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals announced that it will offer a $1 million X Prize for the creation of affordable, humane, and "commercially viable" test-tube meat by 2012. I'd rather not any meat at all, thank you, but for those meat addicts like my husband, this could help.

Camels 100

Camels Ethical Treatment Meat Pigs 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

It was obviously a community project and I’m so impressed at the large number of contributors and the resulting professional product. Brian Small’s excellent close-up photographs are supplemented with images by several other photographers, including Michael Danzenbaker and Garth McElroy.

Los Angeles 198

Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 198

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

As a vegan, part of what I believe is that bringing animals onto this planet to use them as food or as pets isn't ethical. Many vegans also believe that bringing people onto this planet isn't ethical, but I'm more of the school that says that if you have the urge to parent, having a biological child isn't in opposition to veganism.

Vegan 100

Vegan Adoptable Russia Greyhounds 100

Animal Person

APRIL 25, 2009

If they don't thrive on a diet without animals, then they should eat some animal products. I'm choosing to believe I willed it to happen because I just couldn't take buying all of those animal products. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. But that has changed, for some reason.

Vegan 100

Vegan Greyhounds Chickens Free Range 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 8, 2009

And to my surprise, she picked them out of her Whole Foods brand canned food loaded with animal products. My only complaint so far is that Ami was backordered and I was told it would arrive in two weeks but it took a month, and concerns about availability are common when you research the product. What a relief!

Vegan 100

Vegan Branding Ethics Cats 100

Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

Travers said, “We created this competition to boost fashion careers and honor independent designers who have compassion for animals and for the ethical and green fashion movement. Our hope is that these talented participants will help pave the way for a more ethical fashion industry in the future.”

Fur 100

Fur Animal Welfare Ethics Primates 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

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. And there are ethical reasons for becoming vegetarian. Ethical synergy at work.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Lacto-Ovo Ethics 40

Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Vegetarian, I assume, serves no flesh but does serve other, equally disturbing animal products. That they have items on the menus, or will make items, that contain no animal products? Tags: Activism Ethics Language. Which brings me to. So what does "vegan-friendly" really mean? I assume that's what it means. Headaches ensue.

Vegan 100

Vegan Vegetarian Chicago Ethics 100

Critter News

APRIL 4, 2009

They're not necessarily questioning the ethics, but the efficacy. Even if you become 100 percent vegan, how much of the drugs you take, the makeup you wear and the cleaning products you use have been tested on an animal? This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. We as a movement cannot compartamentalize.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Research Medical Research Animal 100

Animal Person

JULY 24, 2009

Face it, we'd like to avoid all products with animals in them but we can't even do that realistically, and to expect ourselves to also avoid non-animal products that have been processed with animal products is a bit much. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink. municipal water). Let me know.

Vegan 100

Vegan Ethics Animal Game 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2014

I will equally recommend a guide who finds the target bird and the one who does everything within birding ethics to find it and fails. And that experience has recently put me in a role of an ecotourism consultant in a project aiming at creation of a local ecotourism product. In my eyes, what counts is how someone plays the game.

Birds 211

Birds Botswana Free Range Leopards 211

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) conducted the initial investigation[2] that exposed the apparent cruelty at Professional Laboratory and Research Services, an inconspicuous rural lab funded by large pharmaceutical companies to test insecticides and other chemicals used in companion animal products.

North Carolina 100

North Carolina Rescue Research AWI 100

Animal Person

APRIL 22, 2009

Is it like buying those shoes that have no animal products but are made by a design house that uses animals regularly? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. Is this a Gray Matter for you at all?

Fur 100

Fur Animal Cruelty Psychology Rabbits 100

Animal Person

MAY 24, 2009

What does that look like for pigs who have been brought into this world for the sole purpose of being products to be traded and eventually killed? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. CIWF wants to "halt the brutal killing of these animals, and to ensure that they can be assured of a humane future."

Egypt 100

Egypt Culling Pigs Compassion In World Farming 100

Animal Person

MAY 7, 2009

I don't know if she has ever claimed to know about the dangerous carcinogen found in grilled chicken, but to hawk such a product after the information and experts she has presented to her audience is the height of hypocrisy. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Oz not made the progress he appeared to be making with her?

PETA 100

PETA Vegan Ethics Chickens 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2013

My only hint that this program — actually a Fuji TV production rebroadcast by the Canadians — was based on literature was the theme song, which promised “the stories you’ve read about all come to life.” Children’s programming concocted by educators instead of marketers was ok, and so were nature programs.

Woodchucks 170

Woodchucks Buffalo Massachusetts Fox 170

Animal Person

JULY 26, 2009

Luckily, I think I've found a way to assuage my conscience about all of the suffering, environmental devastation and negative health impacts of eating animal products all day. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Who ever heard of a cupcake without eggs and butter in it? I call it VBM: Vegan Between Meals.

Vegan 100

Vegan Animal Suffering Rabbits 100

Animal Person

DECEMBER 8, 2009

How can we, as individuals, help form a society that is both productive and resolves actual societal and environmental problems? Tags: Current Affairs Economics Ethics Gray Matters Language Religion. What have the sciences to contribute - if anything at all?"

Compassion 100

Compassion Emotional Science Ethics 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 19, 2009

(The site says food production factories are included , but I doubt that means those involving the slaughter of animals.). How about an ethical adventure ? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. Removing skin and bones from a chicken breast was "slimy and gushy and. fun" said one (female) child.

Cooking 100

Cooking Chickens Factory Monkeys 100

Animal Person

MAY 13, 2009

And in order to deal with all of that and remain productive and even. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics. I sometimes experience despair thinking about all of the suffering. I sometimes get very angry that so few people seem to care. And I often am overcome with sadness.

Emotional 100

Emotional Vegan Ethics Suffering 100

Animal Person

APRIL 17, 2009

Their ability to behave in a responsible way was being undermined by the marketing and of course the addictive nature of the product. Well, everybody comes down in a different place, but there certainly are similarities, including very heavy duty marketing of these products, especially to children.

New York City 100

New York City New York Industry Ethics 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature. The sections are also labeled according to the months of the year, the idea being that the book will take us through a year of birding.

Birds 115

Birds North America Breeding America 115

Animal Person

JULY 22, 2009

What about Bittman's shoes and suits and household products, not to mention those of the woman across the street? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Before 6pm, he doesn't eat animals. Meanwhile the average omnivore across the street from me could call herself VBM, Vegan Between Meals. Is vegan a diet ?

Vegan 100

Vegan Feral Cats Morals Spay 100

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 21, 2012

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals applauds the efforts of those district attorneys and animal control officers who are enforcing the law against those few chefs who continue to flout it. PETA urges everyone to avoid this product of cruelty to animals.

Foie Gras 40

Foie Gras New York Times New York Ethical Treatment 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

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. The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests. But is there validity to these commonly held ideas?

Wildlife 240

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 240

Animal Person

JUNE 2, 2009

Didn't she represent the dawn of a new age of profiting from the "production" and sale of animals? Tags: Economics Ethics. Perhaps I am mistaken or misreading, but didn't she really represent a turning point in the commodification of dogs and other sentient nonhumans used for research? The birth of a new business model? Stay tuned.

Research 100

Research Biomedical Research Science Animal Protection 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The main difference is that Foer doesn't eat meat (though he does, as it turns out, eat some animal products) and he challenges the cultural assumptions that tell us that some animals are for petting and some are for eating. Tags: Books Ethics. But the net message is the same: factory farming=bad, small farms=good.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Factory 100

Animal Person

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Some people cut back on animal products, some eliminate one at a time, some ditch it all upon watching Earthlings (and I'd love to know if they watched it in one sitting, but no one has volunteered that information) or reading Eating Animals. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. You can probably guess why.

Vegan 100

Vegan Vegetarian Ethics Family 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Of course, as a result, "ethical meat" becomes an option unless one realizes that killing when you don't need to is killing when you don't need to, no matter if it occurs in a slaughterhouse or in a mobile slaughter operation or in a backyard. We all know junk-food vegans and vegans who eat "faux meat" products every day.

Vegan 100

Vegan Factory Farm Factory Farming Slaughter 100

Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

Here are some highlights: Mantle: "How do you respond to: Yeah, you may find something that benefits humans, but it's not worth it and it's not ethically right?" What Jentsch is doing is counter-productive. And it's a very dispassionate discussion, but that's what makes it sickening. Guess what the answer is? No surprise there.

Animal Liberation Front 100

Animal Liberation Front UCLA Animal Liberation Primates 100

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians. That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. One cannot produce eggs or dairy products on a large scale without the wholesale exploitation of animals.

Lacto-Ovo 40

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Vegan Veal 40

Animal Person

JULY 4, 2009

Tags: Books Economics Ethics.

Kazakhstan 100

Kazakhstan Horses Ethics Farming 100

Animal Person

MAY 6, 2009

Here are some tidbits: Keith believes humans need to embrace the consumption of animal products, including beef, or else face severe and chronic health problems. Tags: Activism Books Ethics. Here' s a review by vegetarian Mark Hand, who still eschewed "meat" even after reading the book.

Vegan 100

Vegan Vegetarian Factory Farm Factory Farming 100