10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2024
I was one of a small group of journalists, each of whom was presented with the latest Dialyt 10×40 inscribed with our initials. These binoculars were made at Leica’s factory in Portugal. I visited the factory a few years ago, and the quality control there is now first class. (I With hindsight this wasn’t a great move.
Animal Person
JUNE 13, 2009
The cinematography did present a bit of a problem for me in that I often had difficulties with scale--I didn't know how wide or large things were, and though it might not necessary to know, I like to nonetheless. I think that any film that presents a problem should also provide solution. But that's me.
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Animal Person
OCTOBER 30, 2010
They are forced to work in factories owned by a hideous woman, Gretsch. Animals are indeed enslaved, but in real life they're not making widgets in factories. Objectively, however, though the use message is there, believe it or not, you can talk about enslaving animals and still not present a clear vegan message.
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2016
Old factories and mills are being torn down, and they can’t use house chimneys which have been lined or capped. Jayne has given many presentations about rehabilitating Chimney Swifts; so here, straight from the source, is Chimney Swift Re-Nesting 101: Make sure the babes are not cold. They’re Chimney Swifts. You don’t need the nest!”
Animal Person
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
Today's New York Times gives us Adam Shriver's Op-Ed " Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free ," which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain in the animals that must live and die on them. It would be far better than doing nothing at all.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 12, 2009
as I was running this morning, I couldn't help wonder what the difference is between his book and The Compassionate Carnivore and the myriad others written by people who despise factory farming, yet claim to love animals (and of course love their "meat," and find a way to get it while not feeling bad about it). it's "not eating animals.".
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 7, 2008
An enormous volume of material has already appeared on the conditions under which animals live and die on factory farms, and more is almost certainly on the way. What the vegetarian wants, surely, is that we should stop eating meat even if our liking for it exceeds our revulsion at the suffering endured on factory farms.
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