10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2014

After scrolling through piles of furious emails regarding a recent blog about Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest , it seemed to me that all of us needed Dr. Phil. The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. And being anti-hunting does not weaken our position when it comes to contest killing.”.

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Killing Hunting Hunters Possums 259

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). It has become the cornerstone of U.S. But this is not a hagiography.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147

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. Like when they're about to be, say, slaughtered?

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Factory 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Yet not mentioned is a simple step that will go a long way toward ensuring compliance with our already lax slaughterhouse requirements: Place video cameras throughout the kill process. And as the slaughtering of animals is not high tech, certainly no trade secrets would be at risk with the imposition of cameras.

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New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Fitting, since New York City and London were the centers of the millinery trade. This photograph of a family working on feathers while the father looks on is from the National Child Labor Committee Photograph series taken by Lewis Hine. side, the writings of New York City reformer Mary Van Kleeck.

Industry 120

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 120

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Those who harvest are unfortunately myopic, seeing only the instant gratification of the meal or the kill. Those that are out to kill this species for their own pleasure.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243