Animal Person
JANUARY 6, 2010
I did tweet about " Scientists Say Dolphins Should Be Treated As 'Non-human Persons' " yesterday, as I think this is a Gray Matter for a lot of people and might be interesting to explore. Dolphins are so smart that scientists think they should be treated as "non-human persons" and as such it is "morally unacceptable" to use or kill them.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2019
And, Essay #195, “Our Human Values: The Ugly,” describes the standoff between catfish loving Double-crested Cormorants and catfish farmers in the Missouri Valley. I’m not sure if “the Ugly” refers to the cormorant itself or human reaction (catfish farmers are officially allowed to shoot the birds).
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Animal Person
MARCH 9, 2010
Minus that role, the term implies, such an animal has no place; if they aren't some human's companion, or their companionship fails to please, they can be abandoned or killed" (8). With equal validity, we could say that a human locked inside a room has 'freedom' from muggers" (75).
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 17, 2011
Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Dogs can differentiate dilutions of 1 part per billion, follow faint odor trails, and are 10,000 times more sensitive than humans to certain odors.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 1, 2024
The prinia will then claim that its current name – celebrating a morally very questionable person – is no longer acceptable in the modern world. Luckily, it does not live in Florida, where such an attitude is strongly discouraged by a would-be Trump named Ron DeSantis.
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2016
Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP.
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