10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 232

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity. The birds forage in flocks and members are believed to stay on nearby if one is killed, according to the Lothas, they will wait to be killed and the hunter would soon see people around him die in quick succession one after another.”

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Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

Whenever the media report that someone has killed "an endangered animal" or "an endangered species," they too confuse an individual with a species. Hunters kill members of endangered species. residents believe that it's wrong to kill animals for their pelts, but the pelt industry is legal.

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Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Killing 100

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

Dunayer devotes a chapter each to the language used in hunting, zoos, "marine parks," vivisection and "animal agriculture." Minus that role, the term implies, such an animal has no place; if they aren't some human's companion, or their companionship fails to please, they can be abandoned or killed" (8).

Animal 100

Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2011

To the Editor: In “ Hunting Deer With My Flintlock ” (Op-Ed, Dec. 26), Seamus McGraw says he has a responsibility to kill deer because there are too many. He has volunteered to kill a deer cruelly, ineptly and with an outdated weapon that causes additional suffering to the deer. Animals suffer when killed.

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New York Times New York Mountain Lions Deer 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

” By the very next day they were calling on their mindless followers to email the National Audubon Society’s CEO, David Yarnold, and Chairman, B Holt Thrasher, to call for Williams’ dismissal because he ”just published a major newspaper editorial calling on the public to kill millions of cats by poisoning them with Tylenol.”

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Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 271

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Seeing birds suffer is never fun, but never more so than these trusting and uncomplaining young giants that sat all day like contemplative zen masters, meditating in the intense tropical sun. That said there is nothing to suggest that the Black-footed Albatross actually killed the Laysan, there was no shortage of already dead chicks around.

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Albatross Hawaii Seals Parrots 176

Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

Let's deconstruct: The interview reminds me of how the industry views us and how little they know about the community of people who care about the lives of the animals brought into this world for one reason only: to kill and eat them. The HSUS isn't even anti-hunting ! Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely.

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Veal Crate HSUS Vegan Gestation Crates 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

There are some personal anecdotes I plan on sharing on this site that range from my most recent experience of getting trapped on a hunting trip with my relatives, to an early memory I have of experiencing empathy for the first time with my dog Tabatha. Currently, I do not believe that killing an animal is prima facie morally wrong.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Factory 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not.

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Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

If you like animals you will generally not want them to suffer and you won’t want them to go extinct. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans. You cannot care about the individual, not at that level of suffering.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 257

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

This says it all: "[T]he vision of sustainable farms that give animals a good life (a life as good as we give our dogs or cats) and an easy death (as easy as a death we give our suffering and terminally ill companion animals) has moved me" (242). But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

To be honest, both the robin and the flycatchers shown above remind me of the easter eggs I hunted for as a child – the same strong colors in front of a green background, same time of the year (feel free to insert your own Proust Madeleine reference here) … Bluethroats apparently are good at imitating other birds.

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

He clearly thinks that it is wrong to cause animals to suffer unnecessarily, but he appears to be somewhat ambivalent about killing animals (provided the killing is carried out humanely). I suspect that underlying his thinking here is a common rationalization that many of my students initially embrace.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40