Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

When I started blogging, I thought that if more people sought out free-range, grass-fed "beef," more animals would be saved/fewer would be created. Big fail here for Animal Person. I didn't do the right thing for Animal Person. Lesson #15 It's okay to change your mind. Lesson #17 Treat your blog like a business.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Farm Animal Welfare, ASPCA New York, Feb. 22, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst dismisses companies and consumers who are embracing food production methods that provide more respect for animals and the environment as being motivated by “nostalgia.” No one, Mr. Hurst and me included, wants animals to be subjected to unnecessary pain.

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New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

A recent meta study ( The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States ) that applied strict inclusion criteria and some fancy statistics estimates that 2.4 By-catch is the catchy word for animals that are killed from fishing that are not the fish being fished.

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Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

So why is one type of animal cruelty (dogfighting) more reprehensible than another (lobster-boiling)? If you are a non-meat-eating, non-leather-wearing, non-shampoo-using, animal-rights activist for PETA, then it is not hypocritical to judge Vick for animal abuse. None of us is pure.

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