10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2013
He wrote a column , not for Audubon, but for the Orlando Sentinal , in which he advocated the killing of feral cats instead of the use of trap-neuter-release. Feral cats kill birds by the billions in the United States and the only real solution to the problem is removal and euthanasia, along with heavy fines for those caught dumping cats.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
The town has become so overrun with dogs, that the government began offering a tax exemption of $17 per stray that was offered for euthanasia. Activists said what the government was doing qualified as “animal torture,” and they called for legislative reform.
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Animal Person
JULY 15, 2010
Let's deconstruct: What we have here is the myth that killing animals in the wild and then eating them is somehow a compassionate act. It's difficult for me to understand how the act of thanking a god, who likely doesn't even exist, would matter to the nonhuman animal who is killed for the crime of being a nuisance to a human animal.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 29, 2008
Boone Pickens said {November 18} that she would create a refuge for wild horses, after the federal agency that manages them said it might have to kill some to control the herds and protect the Western range. The agency has said the costs of keeping horses in the holding facilities has caused officials to consider euthanasia as a last resort.
Animal Person
MAY 2, 2009
The RSPCA believes: " at least 20 greyhounds a day - either puppies which do not make the track, or 'retired' dogs aged three or four - simply 'disappear', presumed killed " Many vets will admit to killing healthy greyhounds – by definition it cannot be classed as euthanasia – for a cut price fee, for fear the dogs will be disposed of in a less humane (..)
Animal Person
APRIL 5, 2011
Fighting to maintain the integrity of the words humane, love, euthanasia or compassion, is also fighting for animals. But I have to think about which words I focus on, and whether they're going to help me in my quest to get more people to stop killing nonhuman animals/having them killed when they don't need to.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 30, 2007
Barbaro's killing is a case of euthanasia. The word "euthanasia" means good, gentle, or easy ( eu ) death ( thanos ). The paradigm case of euthanasia is where a sentient being is terminally ill, will die soon anyway, and is in great pain. Euthanasia is often called mercy killing, for obvious reasons: Its motive is mercy.
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