10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Located right where the Yangtze River enters the sea (and dividing it into two parts), it is mostly flat farmland. Population density is far lower than in most parts of the city, and public transportation is limited – probably bad news for the people living on the island, but good news for the birds.

China 163

China Ducks Transported Game 163

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In late November 2019, Veljko Kovacevic, Serbian Assistant Minister for Water Transport, announced (source – news in Serbian ): “…the location upstream of Pupin’s Bridge [Beljarica], with the construction of an industrial-technological park in [nearby] Borca, together with partners from China, has the greatest potential.

Serbia 245

Serbia Otters Boars Eagles 245

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

And you’ve posted a link to a petition to an airline to ask them to stop transporting trophies. Although lip service was paid to the fact that lions are endangered and a lion was poached, the language of anger was the language of animals rights. Animal rights is concerned with individual animals, and their suffering and welfare.

Lions 207

Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 207

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2011

9): The Fish and Wildlife Service is right to propose a ban on the sale of nine large constricting snakes for the pet trade. Snakes may die during the capture and transport process, or they may be housed inhumanely in a small aquarium they can barely fit into. And all of this trouble and suffering for what?

New York Times 40

New York Times Wayne Pacelle Humane Society Of The United States New York 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Virtually everyone agrees that: (1) It is wrong to cause a conscious sentient animal to suffer for no good reason. Causing an animal to suffer for no good reason is cruel, and our ordinary commonsense morality tells us in no uncertain terms that cruelty is wrong. It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Livestock accounts for at least 21 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions globally -- more than all forms of transportation combined. Livestock production consumes 70 percent of the water in the American West -- water so heavily subsidized that if irrigation supports were removed, ground beef would cost $35 a pound.

Meat 40

Meat Livestock Transported Industry 40

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

As I skulked around my own house, all I could picture was Emily tearing Kermie limb from limb, then suffering a grisly death from ingesting the poison that ran through Kermie’s froggy veins. Outside he went, transported in plastic, back to his home in the wilds of suburban West Palm Beach.

Greyhounds 100

Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100