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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. There is little that is less polluting and less harmful to the planet than hunting wild game responsibly. Can anyone in good conscience be complicit with the unnecessary suffering and slaughter of another sentient being?

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

That’s what you do with other game, right? My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Why not just shoot the biggest one? The biggest gobbler, the biggest buck… And this? Here’s the petition.

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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

Animal Person

Let the games begin. Finally, Scott writes that "we have the responsibility to set aside emotion as much as possible and make rational, science-based decisions on policy in an effort to balance the concerns of all involved.". What's all this about emotion, anyway?

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