Animal Ethics

JUNE 7, 2016

The zoo, surely, carries responsibility for deficiencies in its enclosure. In light of this horrible incident, is it right for the zoo to carry on a breeding program that subjects more animals to such unnatural lives? Finally, what of the audience? The hysteria of the crowd surely played a part in escalating an already frightening situation.

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Los Angeles Gorillas Zoos Non Human 40

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Chimpanzees and elephants grieve the loss of family and friends, and gorillas hold wakes for the dead. Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. Is this moral? Heinrich seems to think it is. the Spring 2011 issue of YES!

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Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2012

Properly interpreted, the common law is meant to be flexible, adaptable to changes in public morality, and sensitive to new scientific discoveries. Among its chief values are liberty and equality.

Rights 40

Rights For Animals Legislation Laws 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

When I told the kindly old woman with the cart of skulls for the edification of visitors about the pigeon, I was worried that the living bird would somehow hurt the long-dead elephants, not that it was trapped or going to be contaminated by the preservatives embedded in the pachyderm hide — a bizarre moral calculation to say the least.

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Elephants Mammals Buffalo Gorillas 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

With an estimated 200 to 300 individuals left in the wild, the Cross River Gorilla (CR) ( Gorilla gorilla diehli ) has been hunted to near extinction. With as many as 540 individuals in the wild the Amur Tiger ( Panthera tigris altaica ) is also listed as Endangered, being hunted for not only their fur but body parts as well.

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Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 114