Critter News

APRIL 24, 2009

We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line. Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. Here's an example. Tags: economics pigs farm animal welfare agribusiness.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

There is: Growing skepticism about how well the North American Model serves not just the wild animals in our public trust, but also the conservation priorities of non-consumptive users who are the majority users of public lands. This principle reaffirms that animal welfare is an integral part of modern conservation.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

What’s even more frustrating is when animal rights people learn of plans to cull nonnative species. For example, when the U.S. People interested in animal welfare who are against this idea are completely missing the point here. Navy wiped out every single rat on Midway Atoll, seabirds flourished afterwards.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

Take an example, Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa. And culls of Nyala have been proposed. This is of course an anathema for many in the animal rights camp. I’m not unsympathetic to concerns about animal welfare, really. We can’t afford just to let nature be nature any more. To a point.

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