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Osprey Cam

10,000 Birds

It’s always risky to say what separates humans from other animals — tool use, self-awareness, and the perception of morality no longer being as obvious a set of distinctions as they once were – but I will go out on a limb and say that narrative is at least as characteristic of humans as feathers are of birds.

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Animal Research Booming in State of Victoria

Critter News

The selling of dogs from the pound for this purpose is morally wrong. Dr Wirth said animal testing was increasing, with Victoria doing more research than any other state. RSPCA state president Dr Hugh Wirth slammed municipal pounds for being involved in the research trade. They are owned by somebody," he said.

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Looking for Books about Animal Experimentation

Critter News

But I want to be able to argue about it intelligently, citing science, not just morals. Many times tests fail. It's a horrible topic and I post news articles about the abuses from time to time. Apparently, there is a lot of argument out there than animal experimentation is even good for humans. Or vice versa.

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Ruppy the glowing puppy

4 The Love Of Animals

per cent of embryos came to term) and has moral issues attached as well. Add in the cost of proper care for dogs (and other lab animals), as well as the public pereption about animal testing, and it’s unlikely that many more puppies like Ruppy will be created. Unfortunately, cloing is not efficient, (just 1.7

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 6 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. One might assume—although again this assumption may not be jusitified [sic]—that Mr. One might assume—although again this assumption may not be jusitified [sic]—that Mr. Morse was using this consideration as a moral argument for vegetarianism.

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On Keeping "Vegan" Pure

Animal Person

But I hope you will agree that by not eating or wearing animals or products that use or were tested on sentient nonhumans that you know of, and by not participating in or promoting events that use animals as entertainment, you are doing a world of good for the planet and the creatures who live here.

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Bernard E. Rollin on the Moral Status of Animals

Animal Ethics

Philosophers have shown that the standard reasons offered to exclude animals from the moral circle, and to justify not assessing our treatment of them by the same moral categories and machinery we use for assessing the treatment of humans, do not meet the test of moral relevance. 41 in A Companion to Bioethics , 2d ed.,

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