Critter News

APRIL 4, 2009

They're not necessarily questioning the ethics, but the efficacy. The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. Indeed, it often isn't even the best science: New drugs that show great promise in mice, for example, often confer zero benefit to humans, or even prove harmful.

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MAY 7, 2019

Written in a friendly, inclusive style quietly grounded in science, How to Know the Birds is an excellent addition to the growing list of birding essay books by talented birder/writers like Pete Dunne and Kenn Kaufman.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Next year's Mind and Life Conference is called "Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems: A Dialogue Between Economics, Neuroscience and Contemplative Sciences." What have the sciences to contribute - if anything at all?" Tags: Current Affairs Economics Ethics Gray Matters Language Religion.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Deka, director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after watching a video allegedly exposing animal cruelty at the New Delhi centre. "It It broke my heart to see the suffering that is documented in the enclosed video", wrote Anderson, in a letter sent on behalf of People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

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Animal Person

JULY 15, 2009

Moving people along is more art than science, and for some people it's far more emotion-based than logic-based. Tags: Activism Ethics Language. In my experience, knowing your audience and tailoring your approach (but not the substance of your message), is what converts people to veganism. when they're ready. What are your thoughts?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2013

We have citizen science projects like Project Feeder Watch headed by Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I think what pissed me off most about that video was that as the owl flew in to get the mouse and they yanked it away–the blatant teasing with a live mouse (which is a whole separate area of ethics) was grotesque to me.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

This just doesn’t seem like rocket science to me. We believe other ethical hunters will also see the indisputable benefits that a second funding stream can provide for our Refuge system, for our wildlife and our wild lands. Our National Wildlife Refuges need our help to remain a viable entity promoting wildlife conservation.

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Critter News

MARCH 31, 2009

Earthlings is a feature-length documentary about how dependent human beings are on animals, primarily in five key areas: pets, food, clothing, entertainment and science. For those who can't handle the visuals, now it's available as an audio book. The Earthlings trailer can be viewed at [link].

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Critter News

JULY 12, 2009

In 2007, the National Academy of Sciences published a report calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to make a fundamental shift in its toxicity testing strategies away from testing on mammals and focusing increasingly on new, more accurate—not to mention, more ethical—in vitro toxicity testing.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Finding owls is the occasion to discuss the ethics of playback. This makes for an attractive looking book, but I do think that the page space could have been put to better use, maybe for a listing of the resources (organizations, field guides, citizen science websites) recommended throughout the book.

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Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

Animal science” – distinct from zoology, the science of Earth’s millions of animal species – is what LGUs call meat-industry courses, including slaughtering animals, making ice cream, the full range of meat-linked endeavor. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books. Many of the names of the photographers, listed in a 21-page section at the back of the book, are familiar: Glenn Bartley, Brian E.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 12, 2009

However, there's a context here, and that context is that the message is coming from an organization that focuses on the science angle of our use of sentient nonhumans (i.e., Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. At least they didn't say "vegan cleanse." animals in research, in schools or as food).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bird communication is a complex and evolving science. It would love to read more about the ethical considerations that go into using playback for research purposes and how federal rules against playback affect research design. Bird communication is much broader than just vocalization, something I tend to forget.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 12, 2008

Hey there, Just discovered your nice blog on animals and ethics. www.nytimes.com/dotearth I'm going to add Animal Ethics to my blogroll. Revkin The New York Times / Science 620 Eighth Ave., I've touched on relevant issues off and on, but most specifically in a 2004 piece on arguments for and against whale hunts.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2015

Like this: Apparently it is ethically questionable to create a genetically modified chicken and then hatch it, so approval for that research wasn’t even sought at this stage. Well, maybe a little better than that but not much. The chickens were done in before hatching.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2008

She is the "science" one and likes to call herself an "independent" on the political landscape. She said that there were guidelines on how to treat animals and that, in medical ethics, they are considered "sacrifices." I do enjoy reading books and discussing them, but I have a quandary that I'm going to post about.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 28, 2010

This last implies of course an improvement in ethics, as opposed to morality, as I have defined it, unless we already understand 'Do as you would be done by' as applicable to whales, cattle, chickens, and so on, as it is to human beings. Smart , "Ethics and Science," Philosophy 56 [October 1981]: 449-65, at 453 [italics in original])

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Animal Person

AUGUST 26, 2009

Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics.

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Critter News

JUNE 5, 2009

This rapidly growing site is to be a global resource on alternative methods, the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement), animal ethics, and animal care, with hyperlinks to related Web sites and databases. For sleuthing on animal experimentation, you will want to visit a library with good science holdings.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 4, 2007

Hello Keith: I recently completed a documentary on the science, ethics, and politics of animal agriculture entitled "Beyond Closed Doors." The film contains personal interviews with prominent professionals such as Dr. Temple Grandin, Dr. Bernard Rollin, Dr. John Webster, Steve Wise, and many others.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Moreover, we are prone to extrapolate; extrapolation was always intrinsic to induction, that primitive propensity that is at the root of all science. Extrapolation in science, however, is under the welcome restraint of stubborn fact: failures of prediction. Nowadays the boundary has given way to gradations.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Birding can be enjoyed at various levels of intensity, from casual birdwatching in one’s backyard to more dedicated pursuits that involve keeping birding lists, participating in birding competitions, or contributing to citizen science projects. According to the U.S.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 27, 2012

That "scientists" are behind this will do immeasurable harm to science. Don't fall for it, folks. Global warming" is the pretext for taking over your life. Mark my words.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I had a strong interest in science because of its reliance on reason and skepticism, which struck me as very good tools for truth seeking (which is ultimately what I am interested in). When I came across Philosophy, I immediately saw that it was the tree from which the branch of science had grown. So, I took the plunge.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. 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. Toney Union, N.J.,

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

22): Mr. Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan. Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov. Lawrence S. Lerner Woodside, Calif.,

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2022

It should cover all of the obvious topics, such as selecting binoculars, how to look at a bird, how to use a field guide, where to go birding, birding ethics, birding terminology, birding books, eBird, etc. Birders care about bird science and conservation, but also about access to birding sites and facilities as those locations, etc.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 28, 2008

Someone sent a link to this blog post, which shows why economics is known as "the dismal science." It also lends credence to the dictum that economists know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Mr. Hurst flippantly questions the ability to measure a pig’s happiness, but sound science—not to mention common sense—clearly establishes that mother pigs locked in gestation crates with so little space that they cannot turn around for most of their lives do indeed suffer. JILLIAN PARRY FRY Baltimore, Feb.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

Government regulation is inevitably a political animal; it’s never guided purely, or even largely, by disinterested science. One of the most compelling arguments against climate-change regulation is not that global warming isn’t occurring but, rather, that the dangers of further regulation far outweigh its likely benefits.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 25, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Science, Mythology, Hatred, and the Fate of the Gray Wolf ” (Editorial Observer, April 13): Verlyn Klinkenborg is correct that it’s not just the behavior and biology of wolves that will determine whether they survive. It’s also our own attitudes and actions.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

5, 2009 The writer worked from 1978 to 1990 at Consumers Union as a health and science writer for Consumer Reports Magazine. 4, 2009 To the Editor: I have been a strict vegetarian most of my life, and, as such, I have never lacked reasons—ethical, economic and health-related—to continue this lifestyle. Serge Scherbatskoy Arcata, Calif.,

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Animal Ethics

JULY 28, 2007

Science per se is neither good nor bad. It all depends on how it is used. What do you think of this use?

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Animal Ethics

JULY 28, 2008

Davis, an emeritus professor of animal science at Oregon State University, says the horses “damage” the environment. Faced with budgetary constraints, however, it might put to death some of the 30,000 horses it is holding—a herd as big as the community of free horses still roaming the West. You report that Steven L.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

Sarah Palin of Alaska—that the Fish and Wildlife Service should not list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because science doesn’t support doing so—doesn’t persuade. To the Editor: The argument made by Gov. Instead, it simply seeks to protect bears in the absence of a better national approach to climate change.

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