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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. Sea lion mothers wail when watching their babies being eaten by killer whales. A Grateful Whale. In December 2005 a 50-foot, 50-ton, female humpback whale got tangled in crab lines and was in danger of drowning.

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H. J. McCloskey on Animal Rights

Animal Ethics

If an animal has the relevant moral capacities, actually or potentially, then it can be a possessor of rights. The evidence available to date about the rational capacities of animals is far from complete, but to date it appears to be decidedly unfavourable to the view that any animals possess the relevant moral capacities.

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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. We’re all connected through email and listservs, and we all swap information and provide each other with moral support. He said, “Figure it out. Read Carl Hiaasen.”. Your last post for 10,000 birds was in 2017. The book is darkly funny.