4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

Mosquitoes bite humans and animals with no regard to species, and they bring along a number of illnesses. For animals, the bugs can cause harmful disease and life threatening conditions. When a mosquito bites an infected bird and then bites a human or mammal, it can transmit the virus.

Protection 100

Protection Pets Horses Humane 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2008

According to this AP Newswire issued yesterday: "President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast — a practice critics say is harmful to whales and other marine mammals. Whoever thought President Bush was a pro-animal environmentalist?

Whales 40

Whales Whaling Los Angeles Mammals 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

The land ethic, in sum, is as much opposed, though on different grounds, to commercial traffic in wildlife, zoos, the slaughter of whales and other marine mammals, etc., as is the humane ethic.

Ethics 40

Ethics Animal Liberation Whales Whaling 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

Rather, my trip to the American Museum of Natural History last week was enlivened, however slightly, by spotting a Rock Pigeon perched on top of the elephants in the Hall of African Mammals, safely out of the elements and unexposed to Central Park’s hawks. But in the end, being dead doesn’t protect an animal from mortality.

Elephants 156

Elephants Mammals Buffalo Gorillas 156

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

The number of individual birds and mammals alone that are affected by these factors are countless; and when you consider fish, reptiles and amphibians, it is hard to comprehend the magnitude of life that gets wiped out around the world (and certainly including the U.S.) There is nothing abstract or controversial about this.

Animal Rights Movement 207

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 207

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

It has all Big Five animals and a whole lot of other grumpy mammals. Before leaving the safety of the car I heeded the park’s advice and checked for animal tracks belonging to any biting, gnawing, mauling, trampling, stabbing or disembowelling species. Well, here’s my number 1.

Mozambique 217

Mozambique Birds Ghana Namibia 217

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. It also protects hundreds of species of birds and mammals, and thousands of plants, and everything else you need in a functional ecosystem.

Lions 183

Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 183