10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

A new willingness among scientists to consider certain moral and ethical implications with respect to wild animals, where previously utilitarian ideas prevailed, including ideas of intrinsic value. As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.”

Wildlife 236

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 236

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

My post last week where I defended game hunting as a conservation tool has, unaccountably, encountered a certain amount of push back. I will address two of them in the new year, namely, “Is hunting moral at all?” And embattled minority should be protected. Dogs should not be used to hunt foxes.

Tigers 171

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 171

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

But prejudices die hard, all the more so when, as in the present case, they are insulated by widespread secular customs and religious beliefs, sustained by large and powerful economic interests, and protected by the common law. Moral philosophy is no substitute for political action. Might does not make right; might does make law.

Animal Rights Movement 40

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Los Angeles 40