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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

10,000 Birds

A new willingness among scientists to consider certain moral and ethical implications with respect to wild animals, where previously utilitarian ideas prevailed, including ideas of intrinsic value. ” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Nonetheless, Chino, a golden retriever who lived with Mary and Dan Heath in Medford, Oregon, and Falstaff, a 15-inch koi, had regular meetings for six years at the edge of the pond where Falstaff lived. Is this moral? Photo by Paul Huber.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Since our food is delivered to us on a bun or in big bags of frozen parts, it’s easy to eat it and not think about what it was or how it was killed. Doesn’t he realize that he does not have to engage in this voluntary activity, which causes moral conflict for himself and suffering for the animals?