10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

She happens to live in the middle of the New Forest, 94,000 acres of heath and woodland, protected as a National Park and probably the UK’s best area in which to find Dartford Warbler. This dilemma comes from a visit to see my sister this week and being squeezed for time. So what does one do?

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Family Morals Birds Protection 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) Press, August 2022, 496pp., Common Guillemot research at Skomer Island, Wales. Size: 6.13

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 241

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 15, 2012

If people are encouraged to believe that the harm done to animals matters morally only when these animals belong to endangered species, then these same people will be encouraged to regard the harm done to other animals as morally acceptable.

Endangered Species 40

Endangered Species Species Los Angeles Morals 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

But prejudices die hard, all the more so when, as in the present case, they are insulated by widespread secular customs and religious beliefs, sustained by large and powerful economic interests, and protected by the common law. Moral philosophy is no substitute for political action. Might does not make right; might does make law.

Animal Rights Movement 40

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Los Angeles 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 16, 2007

To inflict death or pain on animals for scientific or medical research is wrong morally, and ought to be prohibited. They may be killed in order to protect the health of humans (and other animals) if they are infected with a serious disease and cannot be quarantined. Animals cannot give consent.

Research 40

Research Medical Research Morals Animal 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

In order to protect himself, therefore, he is not likely to rest his case upon (an appeal to) the state and intensities of our feelings. Frey , Interests and Rights: The Case Against Animals [Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980], 140-1 [italics in original; footnote omitted])

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Vegetarian Meat 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2012

In 2002 the German Parliament amended Article 26 of the Basic Law to give nonhuman animals the right to be “respected as fellow creatures” and to be protected from “avoidable pain.” Properly interpreted, the common law is meant to be flexible, adaptable to changes in public morality, and sensitive to new scientific discoveries.

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Rights For Animals Legislation Laws 40