10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. Dr. David Lavigne, Science Advisor to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, co-authored Gaining Ground: In Pursuit of Ecological Sustainability 5.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2012

a miniature version of that well-established national citizen science project the Breeding Bird Survey. That and the moral reprehensiveness of slavery. From there, I do a point count every half-mile for the next 9.5, It is this kind of logistical genius that undoubtedly contributed to the failure of the South to effectively secede.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Written in a friendly, inclusive style quietly grounded in science, How to Know the Birds is an excellent addition to the growing list of birding essay books by talented birder/writers like Pete Dunne and Kenn Kaufman.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

The predicament in such a non-moral case will concern only the individual and a few associates. When the ultimate values concerned are moral ones, on the other hand, and more particularly altruistic ones, the case is different; for the individual in such a dilemma has all society on his conscience. It need not.

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Animal Person

JUNE 1, 2009

Having misled us for so long about animals, science is initiating a revolution in our understanding. Through evolutionary theory, genetics, neurophysiology, and experimental procedures, many scientists are providing strong evidence that animals feel and think in ways akin to us.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 12, 2009

But they also haven't made a moral choice to not use animals. However, there's a context here, and that context is that the message is coming from an organization that focuses on the science angle of our use of sentient nonhumans (i.e., My dogs eat vegan dog food. They don't have collars made from animals.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2007

Here are three paragraphs from a recent essay by Roger Scruton : As I suggested, science provides authority for this weird morality only when clothed in moral doctrine. They put less weight on our “moral emotions,” such as embarrassment, remorse, guilt, and penitence. They’re comparatively undemanding.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Mr. Hurst flippantly questions the ability to measure a pig’s happiness, but sound science—not to mention common sense—clearly establishes that mother pigs locked in gestation crates with so little space that they cannot turn around for most of their lives do indeed suffer. JILLIAN PARRY FRY Baltimore, Feb.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I had a strong interest in science because of its reliance on reason and skepticism, which struck me as very good tools for truth seeking (which is ultimately what I am interested in). When I came across Philosophy, I immediately saw that it was the tree from which the branch of science had grown.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper?

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

If the goal is not moral perfection for ourselves, but the maximum benefit for animals, half-measures ought to be encouraged and appreciated. 22, 2009 The writer is professor emeritus at the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California State University, Long Beach. Mr. Steiner rightly rejects this view as morally flawed.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 27, 2008

Thus Socrates turned his back on the great speculations about the nature of the universe and focused his whole attention on "the good for man" Twenty centuries later men lament that they pursue loneliness, and that their morals and politics lag dangerously behind their natural science. True Irrationality.

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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. The story of smuggling an eagle to Canada is fiction, as it would be far too stressful even for a bird used to being around people. The rehabber connection, though, is very real. The book is darkly funny.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

5, 2009 The writer worked from 1978 to 1990 at Consumers Union as a health and science writer for Consumer Reports Magazine. Coli Shows Flaws in Ground Beef Inspection System ” (front page, Oct. 4): Your article about E. Larry Katzenstein Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.,

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

It is responsible for some of the happiest moments of my childhood, the trips to the Buffalo Museum of Science that kindled my passion for nature; and yet, the quest for specimens ushered some of my favorite species of birds out of the world. It is driven by love for animals, but relies on their deaths to exist.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

According to Wikipedia, “A l owl ife is a term for a person who is considered morally unacceptable by their community” The local Nanhui shrikes are well aware that the word “lowlife” has an owl hidden inside, and mark the appearance of owls in their territory with harsh protests.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2010

In other words, there are moral limits to science, as to law. What if it's customary to allow guests to torture or kill one of the tribe? Can you possibly understand them if you refuse? Some things, I think you will agree, are more important than understanding.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2022

I feel that thanking your own baby for moral support in the acknowledgment section of a Ph.D. Bonus note for science nerds (not related specifically to birds): Whenever Chinese researchers give percentages, they do so up to two digits behind the decimal – thus the exact percentages in the HBW citation above.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

You may not agree with it… but for millions of people across this nation hunting is a moral thing to do. And that through the use of science based decisions (made by biologists who have trained and been schooled on that very thing (That is what gives them the “bestowing&# power you speak of.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

The prinia will then claim that its current name – celebrating a morally very questionable person – is no longer acceptable in the modern world. Personally, I wish the species the best of luck in this endeavor. (Of Of course, there should be a photo of a Plain Prinia here now, but somehow I did not get one this month).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–UNA Station (ECMAR). Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail.

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Critter News

JULY 25, 2009

and an accountant and an economist and any other "expert" that uses their field to claim a moral authority. This statement is mainly motivated by a recent conversation with someone who has a science degree (I think it's biology), but who actually works for a clinical testing company. Science does not solve everything.

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