Critter News

MARCH 31, 2009

Though the film was initially ignored by distributors, who told Monson that the film would “never see the light of day and should be swept under the rug,” today Earthlings has earned awards from film festivals both nationwide and internationally, the Humane Society of the United States uses Earthlings as a training film in their orientation for new (..)

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

Like almost every one of our other 105 LGUs in the 50 states and other territories, the University of Puerto Rico, along with its immensely valuable services, unfortunately gives the meat industry inestimable millions of dollars' worth of training, research, and promotions. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics.

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Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

Press Release Governors: Stop Ecodestructive University Training! Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. -- if you'd like assistance or more information. Thanks and best wishes! David Cantor Executive Director Responsible Policies for Animals, Inc. Also recommended: www.ExpertsOfConscience.org and www.EatForSports.org.

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Animal Person

JUNE 20, 2009

And they were, before they stopped their train of thought prior to it reaching its most important station. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights Bev Eggleston EcoFriendly Foods Gourmet magazine happy meat Humane slaughter Temple Grandin. It’s how we treat humans, too. It involves not killing them.

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Animal Person

MAY 3, 2009

I wasn't there and my husband isn't great in a crisis--he stands, mouth agape, completely frozen, and watches whatever train wreck is occurring rather than jumping in to try to help. Tags: Ethics Food and Drink Greyhound Matters. And so we ended up with this--. And after a $250 vet trip it became this--.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 13, 2008

First of all, I want to tell you how much I enjoy Animal Ethics. It’s a job-matching site for all jobs related to animals, like training, grooming, veterinary medicine, caretaking, zoo positions, and much, much more. I would love if you could mention AnimalWork.org on Animal Ethics to let your readers know about it.

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Animal Person

MARCH 23, 2009

Ian says, regarding " Veterinarians Train Sealers to Kill Humanely, " that "veterinarians very often do not care about animals but rather are more like auto mechanics who are providing a service for humans (that service may be to save an animal or kill an animal, etc)." Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

Philosophers are trained to criticize arguments and derive satisfaction from doing so. The general premises about natural reactions do not yield ethical conclusions. KBJ: I have no idea why Martin thinks Morse is arguing. Perhaps it is an occupational hazard. But the argument so construed is weak.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. You could easily argue," he added, that the resources necessary to buy and train a new monkey would be a net minus for animal welfare.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 8, 2008

Those sailors and marines will succeed because of the intense training they have undergone—training that included use of active sonar to find enemy submarines. During training with active sonar, we protect marine mammals by employing rigorous protective measures. The United States Fifth Fleet will prevent that from happening.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 29, 2007

A dangerous or vicious dog is a product of a combination of individual genetics, upbringing, socialization and lack of proper training. The solution to preventing dog bites is the education of owners, breeders and the general public about aggression prevention through selection, socialization and training.

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Plus, only the trained eye would be able to determine that she likes me. Violet Rays, being nearly 12 and nearly blind, isn't as keen on the child. Or any other child. Or the cat. Or anyone else, for that matter. I think she likes me but that's about it. I'll refrain from ranting.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We accept that the state has the right to ban cruelty to animals, even when such cruelty is in the interests of the person being cruel, for example, of the greyhound owner who trains his dog on cats, first removing the cat's claws to protect his dog from injury, or of the householder who half-starves his dog so that he can have an extra beer or two, (..)

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 17, 2007

In fact, the Language Research Center at Georgia State University has engaged in continuous social, cognitive and biobehavioral research on primates, including language training and research, since 1981.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2007

To train them to fight one another, and then to kill the losers of these fights, is barbaric beyond words. Is there anything creepier than dog fighting? How could someone support, much less organize, such a vile practice? Dogs evolved with humans. They are our trusted friends and companions.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 19, 2008

That set in motion a great train of events. The whales were frozen in by ice floes on their southward migration from the arctic. Somebody spotted them surfacing in a waterhole and contacted authorities. Volunteers made their way to the scene, machinery was moved in, and rescue efforts commenced.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2008

According to this AP Newswire issued yesterday: "President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast — a practice critics say is harmful to whales and other marine mammals.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 4, 2008

Philosophers are trained to do this. If their own values commit them to changing the way they treat animals, why haven't they changed the way they treat animals? The answer is that not everyone has thought through the implications of his or her values.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 25, 2007

be they medical, behavioral, placement or training and education so that, in the long run, the cycle of cruelty to animals is broken. Response is what our humane law enforcement officers do; the prevention aspect is then taken care of by the other resources of the A.S.P.C.A.,

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2009

Suppose it were discovered that with proper training lions and tigers could live on zebra-flavored soy products. Should vegetarians promote a society that trains lions and tigers to eat such meat substitutes? This training would involve interfering with the freedom of lions and tigers, with the ecological balance, and so on.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

I’d been volunteering at rescues through my young adulthood, and I was training as a cat socializer, teaching terrified felines — the unlucky victims of cruel people — to trust humans again. With all of her photos, she follows NANPA ethical guidelines, putting the welfare of birds and other wild animals ahead of any image. .

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

I’m not writing this to rant against PETA (god knows enough people do that), in fact their stance on feral cats is comparatively progressive compared to some of their counterparts, although they aren’t exactly on the anti-cat train most birders are on. Obviously its perfectly fine to concentrate on one particular problem (i.e.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

The result is a really good read, a suspenseful true-crime narrative that reads like a novel yet also probes real-life questions focused on the purpose of natural history museum collections and the ethics of closely gated “hobbyist” communities. That’s pretty much the reaction of anybody hearing this for the first time.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 10, 2010

Of course, you're supposed to hop onto the following train of thought: These are good people. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language. The idea of family is currently being used by the dairy industry in a series of commercials with the tag line: "99% of dairy farms are family owned." There are children.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Today, because of the consolidation of the industry, all of our trains are barreling down the same tracks, and it takes only one critical contamination to cause a disaster. Back in the olden days of the family farm we never knew about the occurrence of food-related illness because we did not have a way of tracking it.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

It required a bit of an ethical adjustment. A single Northern Goshawk , a single Merlin , a handful of Sharp-shinned Hawks , and a slow but steady train of Red-tailed Hawks and Golden Eagles that never came close enough the our position to even take note of the fluttering birds. Enough to draw the attention of a predator.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

Author Callahan is a birder, trained taxonomist, and staff writer for Birdwatch magazine. Will your list be North American-centric, with entries on the Nuttall Ornithological Club, ABA birding ethics , and a photo of Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon? Or will it encompass the history of birding around the world?

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Animal Person

AUGUST 9, 2009

The way greyhounds, for instance, have been bred and trained takes advantage of their natural talent and instinct, but you could say the same thing about the border collie (number one on the list). One has just been bred and trained to be around people (socially), while the other hasn't.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

But recent experiments with chimpanzees suggest that the day may be near when we can ask trained chimpanzees if they want to be eaten for food. After all, we cannot communicate with them in any meaningful way, and besides, from their behavior it seems clear that they don’t want to die. Animals in the wild try to escape from hunters.)

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

which rears the animals, house-trains them, supplies them to any willing purchaser, takes them back, exterminates them and supplies replacements, on demand. Suppose, indeed, that a company grows up, 'Disposapup Ltd.', It is clear, is it not, that there can, for Singer, be absolutely nothing directly wrong with such a practice.

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