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From Today's Los Angeles Times

Animal Ethics

This horrible incident has raised some tough questions indeed. It is estimated that due to conflicts with humans, the bushmeat and body parts trade, disease and habitat destruction, large mammals in Africa may be extinct by the end of this century. In my opinion, neither Harambe nor the child should ever have been at the zoo.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. Causing an animal to suffer for no good reason is cruel, and our ordinary commonsense morality tells us in no uncertain terms that cruelty is wrong. Premise (4) is widely acknowledged.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. But Mars’s character is less about being an eagle and more about the fact that he was stolen from his nest, raised in captivity, and now considers almost all of mankind – except Luna – to be his enemy. Read Carl Hiaasen.”.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

10,000 Birds

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. “We should protect nature and preserve the environment like we protect our eyes, and endeavor to foster a new relationship where man and nature can both prosper and live in harmony” ( Xi Jinping ). You should try it too.

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