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On Project Treadstone and Welfare, OED-Style

Animal Person

Welfare Angus has requested the Oxford English Dictionary' s description of the history of the word welfare. Synne 3928 yf ou euer haddyst sorow oer kare Of y neghëburs welfare. 582 My lyfe, my lustes, be me loothe, For al welfare and I be wroothe. . worldes welfare and my goddesse. 1718 Free-thinker No.

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Interpol Makes Arrests in Tiger Smuggling

Critter News

The two-month operation involved national enforcement agencies in six tiger-range countries (China, India, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam) and was coordinated by INTERPOL's Environmental Crime Program at its headquarters in Lyon, France. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangered species.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare. Frances Moore Lappé, in her fine book Diet for a Small Planet , also points out the simplistic thinking that is involved in supposing that going without meat is going to help the starving people of the world. KBJ: I’m speechless.