Critter News
JANUARY 23, 2009
Today, the man who trained Flipper for the popular 1960s TV series is crusading against the slaughter of dolphins in Japan, captured by hidden cameras in a chilling documentary called “The Cove” that’s being shown at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. That was 39 years ago.
Animal Person
JUNE 20, 2009
And they were, before they stopped their train of thought prior to it reaching its most important station. And though being hauled to their death on a bulldozer is terrible, any other form of slaughter at the hands of another, on that other's timeline and terms, is nevertheless slaughter. It is murder. Where to begin.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
Slaughter Lake does not sound like it would be a nice place to visit but we three Americans, my small family, were blissfully unaware of what Schlachtensee translates to before our expedition there. It was nice to get off the train, cross the street, and be at a place as beautiful as this.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2023
Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). It has become the cornerstone of U.S. But this is not a hagiography.
Critter News
AUGUST 6, 2009
The film’s protagonist, Ric O’Barry, who trained the animals that played TV’s Flipper before he had a change of heart, indicts businesses like Sea World as being either overtly or tacitly complicit in the cruelty. The captivity industry keeps the slaughter going,” O’Barry charges in movie.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2019
After centuries of hungering for the rarest and costliest of aromatic seasonings imported from the East – brought to market over thousands of miles by caravel or baggage train to be sold at kingly prices – wealthy Europeans began to fancy their food without that once-luxurious dusting of nutmeg, ginger, clove, and the like.
Animal Person
AUGUST 10, 2010
Of course, you're supposed to hop onto the following train of thought: These are good people. Their goal is to make a profit from the breeding and slaughter of animals. The idea of family is currently being used by the dairy industry in a series of commercials with the tag line: "99% of dairy farms are family owned."
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