10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2019

Now, I do hope you have stayed with me to this point, because there is a moral to this story: How much do you like your ducks, grebes, sandpipers, and plovers? Perhaps you like them enough to have supported legislation protecting wetlands in the United States and Canada.

Ducks 147

Ducks Blackbirds Pelicans United States 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

A new willingness among scientists to consider certain moral and ethical implications with respect to wild animals, where previously utilitarian ideas prevailed, including ideas of intrinsic value. As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.”

Wildlife 255

Wildlife Coyotes Wolves Hunters 255

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Do they suffer any more or less in death? If you eat meat you cannot logically find it morally or ethically repugnant to eat a particular meat (I’m setting cannibalism aside here.). Are they any more or less sentient? Are they any more or less part of the mysterious unity of life? I think not. product that comes from an animal ).

Pigs 100

Pigs Dogs Meat Ethics 100

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

"In their publications, vivisectors virtually never state that they inflicted the harm suffered by their victims. By pairing humane with slaughter , legislators have sanctioned horrific cruelty and mass murder. Each year, 'food animals' suffer and die by the billions, but they do so one by one. Overly generous inclusion?

Animal 100

Animal Vivisection Speciesism Puppies 100

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

While this legislation would be an important step in transforming inhumane animal production, we must also call for change on the federal level, where the farm bill subsidizes this sector to the tune of billions of dollars. Mr. Kristof is attuned to issues of human suffering and injustice. We know that animals suffer as well.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40