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Owls, the debait

10,000 Birds

She has clearly decided that for her baiting is not away to get a photo, and if one does get a photo that way then the ethical thing to do is to state that, much as one should do with captive animals. One wouldn’t tether a rabbit out to get a shot of a fox or a coyote, or is that somehow different? My own take on that mirrors it.

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What Friends are For

Animal Person

How ridiculous is it that " On the Psychological Continuum ," to say nothing of an article against rabbit fur, is on the same page as Gabriella's Fur Den? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters. So this was in my e-mail box this morning. The ads I see today have nothing to do with animal cruelty--the opposite is true.

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

Animal Person

Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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For Your Health, the Planet & the Animals: VBM

Animal Person

This means that between mealtimes I will not consume animal products, use products tested on animals, attend a rodeo or polo match, go to Seaworld, wear leather, silk or wool, or drop any toxic substances into the eyes of rabbits who are clamped down (or even not clamped down, which is far more humane and acceptable).

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

1, 2009 To the Editor: As an ethics instructor who aims to inspire my students to think about the connections between their values and daily practices, I found Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article disappointing. Niman’s argument amounts to lowering an ethical standard to fit the demands of our meat-centric culture and Western privilege.

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On Trial: Animal Torture Videos vs. Free Speech

Animal Ethics

The law was enacted to prevent the sale of videos depicting wanton cruelty to animals, such as “crush videos” in which a scantily clad woman, whose face is unseen, kills helpless animals such as rabbits and kittens by stomping on them with spike heels or her bare feet.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

The island was being ravaged by rabbits that were destroying every last tree, threatening the future of three lizards and two snakes. Animal rights groups sued to prevent poison being used to kill the rabbits, and even told a mediator that they would rather every reptile on the island die than a single rabbit be killed.