Critter News

MARCH 27, 2009

Kavlock expects the testing strategy to be fully deployed within 10 years but believes useful applications will be released within two years. Tags: animal experimentation animal research EPA us. "They've served their purpose well. The only way we can study some things is in animals."

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Animal Person

MAY 25, 2010

To talk about the future as if we know what theory or strategy will lead to our goal doesn't make sense. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Lesson #12 Don't talk about the future as if you know for sure what's going to happen. We humans can't even agree on what happened in the past. After all, these are my lessons.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 5, 2010

Every animal is different, so what I do with Violet won't be the ideal strategy for everyone. Tags: Current Affairs Greyhound Matters. Last night, my vet called to update me. He he had just gotten off the phone with Intervet/Schering-Plough and so far, a recall of Vetsulin isn't planned, but it also hasn't been ruled out.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

What evolutionary forces have shaped their bodies for travel, what forces will be helping and hindering their journeys, and which scientists will be tagging, observing, and analyzing them as they make their way north? A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds. by Scott Weidensaul. Norton, Pan Macmilan (U.K.).

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

If Engber does a good job with anything, it's with pointing out the flaws in the strategies of pro-animal activists and in the outcomes of their campaigns. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. The fact that we care about--and fight for--animals based on how cute we have deemed them to be is disgraceful.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Swarovski ATM scope & Canon A590 Now Alpine Accentors have a much more interesting strategy: 3-5 males defend a single breeding territory, containing 2-3 spatially separated female Accentors. Happy birding, Dale Forbes Tags: accentors , Alpine Accentor , Birds , features , polygynandry • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts?

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Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

I do disagree with some of what follows, though, and agree with some as well (my comments are in italics): The animal rights movement must adapt their political campaigning strategies to these psychological facts. Tags: Activism Language. I don't see why that argument can't be used in vegan and single-issue campaigns.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

In any case, which various political strategies would be most efficient for achieving humane treatment of animals is an empirical question. Vegetarianism is not obviously the best strategy, and its worth would have to be shown. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. KBJ: Martin acts as though each of us can do only one thing.

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