Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2011

It is only the prejudice of our species that justifies culling the deer population while protecting our own. Who wiped out the wolves and mountain lions? But whether with a flintlock or a modern rifle, hunting cruelly takes the life of a living, sentient being that has as much right to live as any hunter or writer. Hunters like him.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

How far do we go in protecting them? Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov. Cows, domestic sheep, chickens and many others would not survive if they were not raised for human consumption, protected from malnutrition, disease and predators. Wolves eat sheep. David Peters New York, Nov. Tuna eat mackerel.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Here is a New York Times story about gray wolves, who are no longer on the protected list in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. If you haven't read Barry Holstun Lopez 's 1978 book Of Wolves and Men , you should do so. It changed my life.

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