Critter News
DECEMBER 15, 2010
The Humane Society of the United States, SPCA of East Texas and Humane Society of North Texas worked with the Smith County District Attorney's Office to rescue 50 horses from a Lindale property. Some even suffered from parasite infestation and overgrown hooves. 50 surviving horses were rescued.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 18, 2018
The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again. It has since become common year-round in native woods of far southern Texas.”. Also opposed to that wall: The Owls of Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, Texas.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2015
The vast majority of you reading this accept it is happening, and for the time being it is caused by humans. Though all birds will be somehow impacted by climate change, I think it is important to note that not all will suffer. Will early-arriving birds suffer from having to endure late winter storms? Climate Change.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
I am deeply troubled and angry that the National Institute of Health wants to move almost 200 chimpanzees from this facility to a laboratory in Texas where they may be subjected to testing. This is a matter of human compassion to prevent the further suffering of animals that have already served this species in prior experiments.
10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2011
Before I go further I should, of course, introduce my two teammates who suffered with me the torments of hours on bicycle seats and hard plastic kayaks. Brian Bielfelt is a birding biologist who has birded and lived all over the United States but currently calls Texas home.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 6, 2007
September 7, 2006, a bill banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption( H.R. The reason that the industry is losing the argument is quite simple: There is no ethical justification for causing an animal to suffer unnecessarily. Consider Charlie Stenholm, a former Texas Congressman turned agricultural lobbyist.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 23, 2006
Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. I suspect that underlying his thinking here is a common rationalization that many of my students initially embrace.
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