10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Well, the unsavory reputation of Australia’s fauna suffered another setback last week, though the conduct of the creature at issue wasn’t so much deadly as just plain rude. Though many bird species are capable of imitating human speech, Ripper made headlines for being the first duck ever known to have done so.

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2019 Australia Ducks Fowl 212

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. One might first ask, “Why does higher intelligence mean that one species is more valuable than other species?” Second, there are other species besides human beings that have high intelligence, e.g., chimpanzees and dolphins. What is forbidden meat?

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Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Ever the moral perfectionist, Franklin argued that the turkey was a much more honorable and determined fowl, and suggested the bird – as an “original Native of America” – would make a decidedly more fitting avian mascot for the United States (seemingly implying – incorrectly – that the Bald Eagle is not an indigenous New World species).

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2017 Bald Eagle United States Turkey 150