10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2015
Dear Outdoor Cat Owners/Feral Cat Supporters, Does the photo above sicken you? I’m allergic to cats, but in my lifetime I’ve rescued five of them. The last one, who took up residence under my house on a frigid January afternoon, is now a friend’s happy, healthy indoor cat. Is it the fault of the cats?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 12, 2019
A good place to stay seems to be the Shazan Inn – not because it is in any way special (it is not), but because it is the home of a very friendly cat which would like you to share your breakfast with it. To be called Lesser Racquet-tailed Drongo – what does this do to the morale of a species? Just saying. A Long-tailed Sibia.
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Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 31, 2008
There is a difficulty about drawing from all this a moral for ourselves. But then we can say this because we can say that all those are bad moralities, whereas we cannot look at our own moralities and declare them bad. This sympathy can be a basis for revising one's moral principles so as to take animals into account.
Critter News
JULY 2, 2009
Animal experts descended for investigations of their own, and employee morale sank to an all- time low. The lion house, which provided sleeping cages for all the zoo's big cats, was shut down. The zoo's budget fell into the red as it tried to recover. Now, facing a $2.2 The Dhaliwals were awarded $900,000.
Animal Person
JULY 22, 2009
I'd rather trap a feral cat and have her spayed. I'm not talking about morality here, I'm talking about language. And the real question is, is there thought--or is there morality-without language? Maybe sugar processed with bone char isn't worth boycotting a restaurant over. Maybe it is.
Animal Person
JANUARY 6, 2010
Dolphins are so smart that scientists think they should be treated as "non-human persons" and as such it is "morally unacceptable" to use or kill them. The entire discussion, I fear, will be about comparing dolphins to humans and the more human-like they are, the more intelligent they are, and the more worthy of moral consideration they are.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 24, 2006
The question (presumably) is whether animals have moral status, i.e., whether the interests of animals must be taken into account in our deliberations. Using “who” assumes that the being in question has moral status (even if not full-blown personhood). Does your dog have the same moral status as your car?
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