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How Long Must We Live With These Wildlife Conservation Myths?

10,000 Birds

A recent article by Richard Foster from Counter Punch titled “ The Fracking of Conservation: State Wildlife Agencies Invite Oil and Gas Industry to Fund Wildlife Management ” explains how insidious the purveyors of these wildlife conservation myths have become.

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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

Let's deconstruct: The interview reminds me of how the industry views us and how little they know about the community of people who care about the lives of the animals brought into this world for one reason only: to kill and eat them. Perhaps it is the industry's inability to evolve morally that is behind the times.

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The True Costs of the Rhetoric of Terror Continue to Mount – Part 1

Animal Ethics

The word ‘extremist’ runs a close second. Extremist’ connotes a fanatical whacko incapable of being reasoned with. Their concerns can’t be legitimate if they are “fanatical extremist terrorist whackos.” If one’s opponent is irrational, it's pointless to try to engage her in a rational dialogue.