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Critter News
DECEMBER 13, 2009
I apologize for the audio quality of this episode.my sound engineer was on the Xbox! Here are the week's stories.
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Monkey Rescued in India
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
A monkey was rescued from a factory in India where it was being held in captivity. According to the article, "Zoochosis is a term used by animal rights activists in reference to the degrading effect of zoos on animals that have been kept in captivity over a long period of time. It's an adult male macaque suffering from zoochosis.
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On "High in the Clouds"
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. There is no mention of food or skin or zoos. The factory is supposed to be a proxy for all of that, but it doesn't work for me. Or any vegan message.
J. Baird Callicott on Domesticity
Animal Ethics
OCTOBER 13, 2008
There is thus something profoundly incoherent (and insensitive as well) in the complaint of some animal liberationists that the "natural behavior" of chickens and bobby calves is cruelly frustrated on factory farms. African cheetas [sic] in American and European zoos are captive, not indentured, beings.
On the Psychological Continuum
Animal Person
MARCH 29, 2009
Hence the psychological continuum described (below) by Austria's Association Against Animal Factories from about a year ago. I do think that in my lifetime greyhound racing will end, circuses will be animal-free, elephants and marine mammals won't be in zoos, and fur might even be banned.
Collaborative List – January 2019
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2019
Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. old angel factory area. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. PN Carara–main headquarters. 03 Jan 2019. Pileated Woodpecker – Dryocopus pileatus. 04 Jan 2019. Rufous-winged Woodpecker – Piculus simplex. 05 Jan 2019. 26 Jan 2019. 01 Jan 2019.
Collaborative List – February 2019
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2019
Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. old angel factory area. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Durand-Eastman Park–Zoo Rd. Lineated Woodpecker – Dryocopus lineatus. PN Carara–main headquarters. 03 Jan 2019. Pileated Woodpecker – Dryocopus pileatus. 04 Jan 2019. 21 Feb 2019. 17 Feb 2019. 05 Jan 2019.
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