10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Many rehabbers raise several crows together and release them on site. The crows are not friendly to humans, although they sometimes make an exception for the person who raised them. While I was getting him acclimated to go in the outdoor flight, he had free range of my studio.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 233

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Barn Owls Oklahoma 233

Animal Person

JUNE 6, 2009

We are currently doing an investigation on pig farms in Spain, including intensive and extensive/free-range farms (tho extensive ones are scarce since intensive ones are the majority in the industry). So, I thought you could be interested in helping us to raise the funds. Thanks a lot.

Investigation 100

Investigation Vegan Pigs Free Range 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 10, 2009

Here is a New York Times op-ed column about free-range pigs. He seems to think that the demand for free-range pork is a demand for wild pork, when in fact it's a demand for morally acceptable conditions for the pigs. In other words, people want to eat not wild pigs but domestic pigs raised in humane conditions.

Morals 40

Morals Free Range Pigs New York Times 40

Animal Person

JUNE 17, 2009

From the 6th -10th of July we are asking everyone to get their aprons on and bake with free-range or organic eggs. By encouraging people to bake with higher welfare eggs (as well as organic milk, butter and chocolate) vital funds will be raised to campaign against battery cages.

Compassion In World Farming 100

Compassion In World Farming Compassion Battery Cages CIWF 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

Animals raised for food suffer miserably. The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

Animal Person

JUNE 20, 2009

While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." And when that happens, you know what direction you're headed: the justification of taking the lives of sentient nonhumans to please the palates of humans.

Slaughter 100

Slaughter Slaughtered Cows Meat 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food. Rather than eating dogs, we all ought to eat exclusively small-farmed, free-range meat. To suggest that eating one and not the other represents a conflict of ethics is preposterous. However, I agree with Mr. Foer that factory farming has to go.

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles San Francisco Factory Farm Factory Farming 40