Animal Person
JUNE 20, 2009
"While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." And perhaps that "better" will distract the reader from the undeniable fact of the unjust slaughter. All you need to know is one word: slaughter.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
In fact, early, photographic versions of several chapters appeared in Living Bird and Audubon Magazine (see the above links). I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus.
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Animal Ethics
APRIL 16, 2009
Would we say these people were slaughtered in a “people friendly” manner? Confinement is confinement, mutilation is mutilation, and slaughter is slaughter. April 9, 2009 The writer is the editor of Vermont’s Local Banquet, a quarterly magazine about food and agriculture. Animal agriculture is inherently inhumane.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
The illustration appeared in “Puck,” a popular American magazine on May 24, 1911, and is now part of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
Still, I can’t help thinking that there is some parallel between the mass slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon in 19th-century North America and the mass slaughter of songbirds in southern European countries today. It is a haunting tale, and if you want a readable, engrossing but not lengthy account, I highly recommend this book.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. It is a very interesting read, and as I stated in the post I wrote on my blog , part of the team that wrote the plan is the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, one of the states proposing a Sandhill Crane slaughter.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2023
Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). It has become the cornerstone of U.S. McLean, Birdman of the Senate from their local libraries.
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