10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros. Lucky him, right?

Birds 206

Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 206

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

And managing means killing them, breeding them, and otherwise fiddling with their populations. This is irksome, as the premise is that we need to save the animals (and which ones is an interesting discussion) because we will suffer if they are gone. This is all very unveganly, but I went for it nevertheless.

Polar Bears 100

Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2009

This doesn’t mean we let them run wild, for we need to protect ourselves. This becomes especially true when one realizes that vegetarians often argue that a reason that it is prima facie wrong to eat animals is that animals must be killed to provide the food. Animals are like children and mentally defective adults in this respect.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Lions 40