10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

For example, Theodore Roosevelt’s environmental victories are often cited without comparable mention of non-hunter John Muir’s critical influence over Roosevelt’s thinking on ecology, wildlife and environment. It is protected and held in trust for society by governments or appropriate intergovernmental conventions (i.e.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

It puts our ecologically valuable wildlife at risk and disrespects the men and women charged with protecting our natural resources. Wildlife Refuges Under Attack: 3 Examples of Recent Onslaught. Allowing armed occupiers to take over public lands sets a dangerous precedent. Oregon Stand-off: Wildlife Refuge Occupiers in Shock Acquittal.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples. ” It is not hard to find other examples of articles that Williams has written that have similar statements about him being an editor-at-large for Audubon. Pretty standard. That is pathetic.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

So, back in the 1980s, biologists looked into bird nesting behavior and seemingly showed that some birds put certain plants into their nests in order to reduce the parasite load they might otherwise suffer, especially in nesting sites that were repeatedly reused. Behavioural Processes, Volume 56, Issue 2, 1 November 2001, Pages 113–120.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 16, 2009

It’s important for you to recognize when your pet may be suffering from hypothermia, which can be accomplished by being able to identify several key signs. This shelter should have an entrance that faces away from the wind, and be covered to protect against harsh weather conditions. However, this is often not the case.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 7, 2009

For example, on Tooley’s analysis, having a right to life is the same as being a person. Presumably most animals—even infants—would have the right not to suffer. Some vegetarians have argued that it is impossible for one to maintain without absurdity that animals have a right not to suffer pain and yet have no right to life.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

While some have suggested the egg industry should police itself, history shows that industries based on the backs of the disenfranchised do not voluntarily soften the suffering of those they exploit—all the more so when the victims are millions of hens the public never sees. Consumer boycotts and protective laws are desperately needed.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

If you like animals you will generally not want them to suffer and you won’t want them to go extinct. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans. Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Virtually everyone agrees that: (1) It is wrong to cause a conscious sentient animal to suffer for no good reason. Causing an animal to suffer for no good reason is cruel, and our ordinary commonsense morality tells us in no uncertain terms that cruelty is wrong. Most people hold that it is wrong to cause animals unnecessary suffering.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2009

This doesn’t mean we let them run wild, for we need to protect ourselves. For example, he might maintain that dogs need meat to live or at least to be healthy; that it would be more morally wrong for him to deprive the dog of life or health than morally wrong to feed it meat. Not necessarily.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. The industry is losing that argument in some segments of society, he said."

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

He clearly thinks that it is wrong to cause animals to suffer unnecessarily, but he appears to be somewhat ambivalent about killing animals (provided the killing is carried out humanely). We have already seen that Jonathan thinks that it is wrong to cause animals to suffer unnecessarily. What does he think about killing animals?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

For example, without this blog, would you know that the Barn Swallows of Nanhui are now having their own housing boom, ignorant of the overinvestment that has characterized China’s construction industry? This allows you to watch birds (well, at least those that are not too noise sensitive) while not having to suffer their sounds.

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