Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products? In the author's words.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

He is the author of several books, including Atheism: A Philosophical Justification (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1990) and The Case Against Christianity (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991). KBJ: There are different reasons to abstain from meat. So the duty not to eat meat cannot be an absolute one.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2018

Has anyone from Philadelphia ever seen their eponymous vireo? Butcherbirds are an Australian family of pied, crow-like birds that run a meat delicatessen franchise. Prothonatory Warbler ? A what now? Why is a Great Tit smaller than a Little Egret ? ……and another thing! Why can I not find a Kentish Plover in Kent?

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Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

This is an excellent opinion piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer. This is part of the piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer. If you are a non-meat-eating, non-leather-wearing, non-shampoo-using, animal-rights activist for PETA, then it is not hypocritical to judge Vick for animal abuse.

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