Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

To the Editor: The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that nearly a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gases is generated by livestock production, more than by transportation. Michael Radkowsky Washington, Nov.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2011

Snakes may die during the capture and transport process, or they may be housed inhumanely in a small aquarium they can barely fit into. Wayne Pacelle President and Chief Executive Humane Society of the United States Washington, Jan. The trade is dangerous for people, but also for the snakes.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Chapters 1 through 5 are the adventure chapters, tales of how Kooyman started his penguin research, details of his first forays in determining which penguin colony to study, then establishing a research camp on the ice in a place no researcher had gone before, Cape Washington.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2007

The transport and subsequent slaughter of these animals is brutal. John Spratt Washington, March 6, 2007 The facts are these: ¶Most horses that end up slaughtered are bought by buyers acting on behalf of slaughterhouses. They are often crammed into trucks built for cattle and pigs and subjected to starvation, exposure and abuse.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The capital is San Juan, an important center of Caribbean culture and transportation. For the United States, the 50 states are included, as are Washington D.C. But Washington D.C. Puerto Rico became a territory in 1898 and a commonwealth in 1952. It is now an unincorporated organized territory of the United States.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

In this Washington Post column, James E. Livestock accounts for at least 21 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions globally -- more than all forms of transportation combined. About the Washington Post columnist: James E. Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics produced are fed to farmed animals to prevent (not treat) disease.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. Probably one of the supreme ironies described in A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington is that although McLean’s name is attached to the first piece of bird protection legislation, the Weeks-McLean Act, he was not a sponsor of its successor, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2008

This Washington Post column highlights the gravity of the situation [Also available here.]. Take public transportation when possible. We have already witnessed radical changes in the polar icecap, changes that threaten numerous arctic species. Most scientists agree that a 3.6°F

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