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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

These birds can learn to pull a string to retrieve a short stick, use the stick to pull out a longer one, then use the long stick to draw out a piece of meat. I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny. Is this moral? Heinrich seems to think it is.

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Make This the Year You Do Right by Animals

Animal Ethics

If you currently eat meat, make a commitment to reduce your consumption of animals in January and stop eating them altogether in February. Second, many of the things you can do to stop supporting animal cruelty—like not buying or wearing fur or fur trim—require minimal effort and no expense! Where should you begin?

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Resolve to Do Right by Animals in 2007!

Animal Ethics

Second, many of the things you can do to stop supporting animal cruelty—like not buying or wearing fur—require minimal effort and no expense! Obviously, since not buying and not wearing fur requires minimal effort and no expense, that's a good place to start. Where should you begin?

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