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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

Animal Person

And the absurdity is in the reality that the author and the featured person who kills sentient nonhumans for a living, think they're onto something. Finally, "But the idea of how an animal meets its ultimate fate is usually ignored—until, of course, we see YouTube videos of sick cows being hauled to their deaths on bulldozers."

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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

10,000 Birds

A poisoned rodent can kill whatever eats it, and death by poison is a very bad way to go. See the website for a self-congratulatory description of their efforts to plant trees, but no mention of their slaughter of the birds who might want to land on them. as well as a rare mammal, the California fisher.

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On The Respectful Emperor

Animal Person

That leaves us with animal welfare, which I do think we are genuinely interested in, mostly because of the myriad videos, documentaries, books and websites that have made it tough to avoid over the past few years. Lipka introduced me to the idea of killing "respectfully." People are talking. And acting. That one left me speechless. "My

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On Egypt's Pig Cull

Animal Person

But though the pigs weren't originally destined for a mass grave, weren't they destined for slaughter nonetheless? CIWF wants to "halt the brutal killing of these animals, and to ensure that they can be assured of a humane future." I didn't watch the video that tells me the footage is "deeply disturbing."

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To My Friends at Thanksgiving

Animal Person

When in the position of having the choice, which so far is always, I'd rather choose not to have someone killed for me. This is a tough one to even dignify as it's not a good reason for killing someone. Justice for beings whom we create for the sole purpose of killing, but who nevertheless want to live.

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Vegan Atheist 40+ Parenting

Animal Person

The unnecessary killing of a terrified animal who was likely fighting for his life, becomes he lined up to be slaughtered so you may dine on his flesh. Then there's the instructional video sent in by a viewer teaching us how to make chicken cutlets. You know, because of the prayer they said for the animal's "sacrifice."

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Birding Tianmashan, Shanghai in January 2023

10,000 Birds

For example, this paper points out that migrating Bramblings prefer to feed in a habitat in which they are less likely to get killed. After not a single reader made any positive comments on my video of a White’s Thrush drinking, of course, my reaction is to just post a link to another such video. You pervert.

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