4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
Expert cites scientifically-proven therapeutic, physical and emotional health benefits of loving and caring for a pet. Pet ownership runs far deeper than simply caring for a possession. Yes, the sheer responsibility of caring for a pet has notable benefits in and of itself. Caring for a pet may even help you live longer.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2015
Can you convince yourselves that your cat does not kill birds, when statistics show pet cats only bring home 23% of their kills? There is no moral ambiguity here. Can you talk about how much you love your cat, and ignore the shredded bodies of the birds it mutilates? If you love your cats so much, why don’t you protect them?
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Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Many of us have difficulty with the idea of keeping “pets.” When it comes to pets, the only reasons he considers for keeping pets have to do with the enrichment of the lives of people. On page 172, when Herzog writes, “I am conflicted over many moral issues involving animals,” I respond, “No kidding!”
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2014
It’s always risky to say what separates humans from other animals — tool use, self-awareness, and the perception of morality no longer being as obvious a set of distinctions as they once were – but I will go out on a limb and say that narrative is at least as characteristic of humans as feathers are of birds.
Reddit Animals
APRIL 11, 2023
This was illegal, because according to FWC regulations, if you already own a pet that has been deemed invasive or illegal, you are allowed to keep it until its natural death, and it will not be confiscated or euthanized. Reptiles that are not treated ethically simply do not make good pets.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
To live one''s own natural life, to realize one''s self, is the true moral purpose of man and animal equally, and the wrong done by the unnecessary cramping and thwarting of animal individuality, as in the turning of an active intelligent being into a prisoner or pet, cannot really be compensated by the gift of any material "comforts."
Animal Person
MARCH 9, 2010
In the notes, she explains that she uses " nonhuman companion and nonhuman friend with reference to nonhumans treated with full respectl I use pet with reference to nonhumans who are sold, discarded, or otherwise disrespected" (204). Overly generous inclusion?
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