Critter News

AUGUST 16, 2008

War and chaos is bad for everyone, human and non-human. In Zimbabwe, activists claim impoverished Zimbabweans are killing elephants and eating them. Tags: bush meat poaching zimbabwe wildlife. Out-of-control poaching is apparently wiping out all sort of wildlife, including hippos.

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Zimbabwe Wildlife Non Human Elephants 100

Animal Person

APRIL 24, 2009

When taking the issue to simplest common denominator, spaying/neutering is essentially exercising human dominance over non-human animals. We are a far bigger problem on this planet than the (over)population of feral cats, elephants, Canada geese, or any other creature we "manage" or want to manage, "humanely" or otherwise.

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Project Treadstone Feral Cats Spay Spaying 100

Animal Person

JANUARY 6, 2010

I did tweet about " Scientists Say Dolphins Should Be Treated As 'Non-human Persons' " yesterday, as I think this is a Gray Matter for a lot of people and might be interesting to explore. The brains of dolphins have similar folds, like the ones we have and are linked with human intelligence. What do you think?

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Dolphins Animal Rights Rights Animal 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

Not only are they killed in cruel ways, but it is well documented that they are raised in ways that cause them great discomfort and agony. Becoming a vegetarian is the most practical and effective step one can take towards [sic; kbj] ending both the killing of non-human [sic; kbj] animals and the infliction of suffering upon them.

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Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40