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Finding Dippers in Berlin

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In Germany for example, they are breeding in practically every hilly or mountainous region south of the North German Plain and are not really rare if they occur in a certain region. However, dippers here in Germany aren’t too fussy about their habitats and will readily utilize human-made secondary rapids and rocks.

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Philip E. Devine on the Vegetarian's Dilemma

Animal Ethics

In the first case, there is no way around the suggestion, which many people appear to believe, that animal experience is so lacking in intensity that the pains of animals are overridden by the pleasures experienced by human beings. Devine seems to think that if humans cease eating meat, they will derive no pleasure from eating.

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Book: Scent of the Missing

4 The Love Of Animals

I really enjoyed getting a look into a world that few people will ever really know, and especially getting to know the human dog bonds that go into such work. What I didn’t realize is how my work with Puzzle in the search field would improve my communication with other humans, too. by Susannah Charleson. Avoid Hasty Conclusions.

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Industrial Agriculture

Animal Ethics

Think of all the progressives— Michael Moore , for example—who either eat meat or go out of their way to ridicule vegetarians. Moore looks like he has eaten one too many hamburgers.) Many progressives care only about human beings. Many conservatives care about animals as well as human beings.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare. It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve.

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Birding the Wolongshan area in June 2023

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The Grey-backed Shrike apparently prefers locations close to human settlements – not because humans are particularly nice (we are not), but “because these habitats offer a better foraging substrate and places safe from large predators” ( source ). This male Plumbeous Water Redstart tried to ignore its chick.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

He clearly thinks that it is wrong to cause animals to suffer unnecessarily, but he appears to be somewhat ambivalent about killing animals (provided the killing is carried out humanely). Of course, when hamburgers aren't at stake, most of us think that it would be morally wrong to kill an animal for no good reason.