Animal Ethics

JUNE 7, 2016

Further, did those who reacted so strongly to Harambe’s killing go home and serve meat to their children? Finally, what of the audience? The hysteria of the crowd surely played a part in escalating an already frightening situation. This horrible incident has raised some tough questions indeed. Many sanctuaries do not permit breeding.

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Los Angeles Gorillas Zoos Non Human 40

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

And on the banks of the Amazon in Brazil, a tamarin expert works to save the tiny primates, which are struggling to survive as bulldozers wipe out their forest homes to make way for new development. Meanwhile, at Whipsnade Zoo in the U.K., a pregnant Indian rhinoceros readies herself for birth after a 16-month wait.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 12, 2009

In November 2008, a virus killed a 15-month-old Asian elephant calf named Malti. Zoo patrons were shocked to see Barika, a western lowland gorilla, holding a knife and apparently pointing it at another primate in the enclosure. In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs.

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Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

According to Reuters: Japan, which considers whaling to be a cherished cultural tradition, killed 679 minke whales despite plans to catch around 850. And then comes a brief conversation about Singer and how we wouldn't use young humans, which Jentsch says is precisely why we should use primates. That's one result.

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Animal Liberation Front UCLA Animal Liberation Primates 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

What is sad is that Travis' mother was also shot and killed for aggressive behavior. The bizarre incident in April 2001 began when the trio of apes broke out of Mike and Connie Casey's compound, the Missouri Primate Foundation. She actually thought he was her son?? But see what kind of conditions SHE was in.

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Animal Cruelty Apes Missouri 2001 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

Besides the birds, the teams were distracted by half a dozen primate species and rare Giant River Otters. “I am covered in bug bites, my legs are killing me and I got sick and threw up from the altitude,” Ryan Terrill, 26, a member of the winning American team, the LSU Tigrisomas, commented.

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Critter News

JUNE 16, 2010

How smart does a chimpanzee have to be before killing him constitutes murder? I recently was escorted through a large primate research laboratory by its director. If chimpanzees have consciousness, if they are capable of abstractions, do they not have what until now has been described as "human rights"?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The active colonies of wasps are efficient protection against primates and large avian predators. The benefit for the wasps is that they get to keep a beautiful pet. During the whole trip, I only saw the Secretarybird twice, and only on one occasion got (not very good) photos.

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2012

No human can divine what a mated pair of geese or eagles may feel for one another, but stories abound of birds,especially Canada Geese , who spurned all offers from members of the opposite sex for years after a mate was killed. The birds had roosted together each night in a single soft clump of feathers.

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