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.

Rights 40

Rights For Animals Legislation Laws 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

We’re all connected through email and listservs, and we all swap information and provide each other with moral support. author’s note: Earth Almanac: A Year of Witnessing the Wild, from the Call of the Loon to the Journey of the Gray Whale by Ted Williams, is due out in late April, published by Storey Publ.])

Wildlife Rehabilitation 246

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

But in the end, being dead doesn’t protect an animal from mortality. It contains Andean Condors and Labrador Ducks , dinosaurs and mammoths, one of only two life-size models of a blue whale in the terrestrial world. Time and chance happeneth to museum specimens. Taxidermy is a bizarre art.

Elephants 156

Elephants Mammals Buffalo Gorillas 156