10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2022
Harris’s are also, according to Cowan, smarter than other hawks; they hunt in packs and, for that reason, may welcome humans as hunting partners more so than other raptors. As Montgomery shows, falconry is different from any other human/animal interaction. (She may be right: see the photo, below, of the author and Jazz).
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 10, 2009
Does my proposal as to what makes killing another human being generally a major moral wrong in any way help us with deciding what, if anything, is wrong with killing non-human animals and foetuses? ones to do with the painfulness of the methods of rearing and killing.) I believe it does help.
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Animal Person
JULY 15, 2010
Or to get struck by an automobile, die slowly, of failing internal organs, and be unfit for human consumption." Let's deconstruct: What we have here is the myth that killing animals in the wild and then eating them is somehow a compassionate act. thinking about the ways in which the deers have a "BIG" human problem.
Animal Person
AUGUST 5, 2009
The animals on farms are created for the sole purpose of human consumption. And their lives of exploitation, torment, torture and slaughter cannot be compared to an animal's life in the wild. Finally, people who object to our moral stance jump species and say we should object to the lion killing the gazelle.
Animal Person
APRIL 24, 2009
Yesterday, regarding being a minority within a minority , mikey commented (among other things): While I am fairly new subscriber to this blog, therefore not knowing your particular stance, I've often felt like a minority within a minority for my stance on animal birth control. How contradictory is that? So mikey, I agree with you in theory.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 11, 2009
The status of animals in our legal system is in flux and attorneys are discovering creative and interesting ways to use legal arguments in the face of increasingly complex scenarios. Our clients are legally impacted by a vast array of human/animal interactions.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Both animal rights groups and animal welfare groups use "compassion" frequently. Then again, so do people who kill animals for a living. After all, they "love" the animals they kill. Nonviolence" is much more difficult to finesse if you're killing animals for a living. Or vegan pumpkin pie.
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