Critter News

APRIL 24, 2009

Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. Here's an example. I'm not arguing about the methods as I'm not a veterinarian, but it's a good example of the clinical discussion of costs when it comes to managing farm animal health. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Factory Farm Factory Farming Pigs 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The 32-page insert of color plates presents 63 images of paintings, book plates, mosaics, photographs, and a map, culled from Wikipedia Commons and other sources. The images tie directly to the text. The 70 black-and-white illustrations are much more helpful since you see them as you read about them. They are also included in the index.

Dissection 264

Dissection Birds Europe Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals.

Wildlife 255

Wildlife Coyotes Wolves Hunters 255

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

The killing of Cecil was equated with murder, a moral crime rather than a symptom of a ecological problem. Take an example, Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa. And culls of Nyala have been proposed. We can’t afford just to let nature be nature any more. Not if we want to hang on to what we have left.

Lions 255

Lions Sierra Leone Hunting Buffalo 255

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products. It goes something like this: Yes, I agree that factory farming is morally unjustifiable and ought to be abolished.

Factory Farm 40

Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Inhumane 40