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

10,000 Birds

” They agree with George Wuerthner saying, “Nonhuman predators (wolves, mountain lions, coyotes, ravens and others) are disfavored by wildlife managers at all levels as competition for sportsmen and are treated as second-class citizens of the animal kingdom. All individuals share the costs of conserving wildlife.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 2 of 13

Animal Ethics

Since no animals are autonomous (in the sense of being capable of making laws for themselves, or acting on principle), moral concepts such as “right” and “wrong” don’t apply to them. Suppose it were discovered that with proper training lions and tigers could live on zebra-flavored soy products. KBJ: Martin cannot be serious.

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