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Compassion
Consideration
For Other Creatures
The Nation, editorial — September 2006
Too many people do not give much thought to the importance of animal welfare
in general, or specifically the need for humane treatment in the use and exploitation
of animals as food, beasts of burden, scientific experiments and entertainment...
Is
Compassion the New Black? Teaching Kindness Could Be
All the Rage in Your Child’s School
Anne Pelletier, The Brooklyn Rail, interview with
Zoe Weil — July 2006
By exposing children to these issues and by raising their awareness
we can help them to become critical thinkers, problem solvers
who can address the challenges that face our planet...
Baby
Monkey in Pain
Ashima Sharma, Ghaziabad Animal Shelter, essay — June 2006
With
the use of a plass, her teeth are terribly uprooted
without any anesthesia. Her mouth starts bleeding
but who cares? Then the wound is pressed with
a burning iron rod to stop the bleeding by cruel
monkey performer...
'Us
and the Animals' — The Thinking Behind the Song
Jimi Slevin, essay — January
2006
This
is nothing other than callous barbarity, and again we as a
species let ourselves down badly in this whole area. Far from
being cocky, proud and self-assured, we should simply be ashamed
of ourselves...
Tiny
Heartbeats Amid Katrina's Wreckage
Brenda Shoss, Kinships Circle,
essay — November 2005
As hurricane headlines vanish from daily
news, a little dog named Bingo is found in a bathtub
too weak to lift her head. A skin-and-bones Doberman
mix is plucked from the trash...
Putting
On the Dog
Jeff Yang, SF Gate, feature — October
2005
Tired
of jokes about how Asians
are more likely to have
a hound on the table than
under it, proud pooch-owner
Jeff Yang explores the
state of canine companionship
in Asia, to find a continent
that's increasingly going
to the dogs...
Saving
Spike... A True Katrina Tale about Two Brendas and
a Dog Named Spike
Brenda Shoss, Kinship Circle,
commentary — October 2005
I got through to "boat people," animal
rescue groups, parish sheriffs, and ordinary citizens.
On Brenda's behalf, I granted permission to break
down doors and shatter windows. But with each passing
day, I wondered "Is tonight his last? Will the
heat, starvation, or water finally take him?"...
A
Dog Called Saviour
Caitlin Collins, AnimalSentience.com, feature — September 2005
The
idea of reciprocal aid [between humans and animals]
interests me. It has been sadly lacking in the history
of human-animal interaction, which is largely an
account of the human exploitation of animals — a
top predator lording it over those lower down the
food chain...
Best
Friends Need Shelter, Too
Karen Dawn, Washington Post, commentary — September 2005
There
is a class issue involved here. While Marriott hotels
welcomed the pets of Katrina evacuees as "part
of the family," people who had to rely on the
Red Cross for shelter were forced to abandon that part
of the family or attempt to ride out the storm. It
cannot be denied that many poor people are dead as
a result of "no pets" policies...
What
We Owe What We Eat
George Will, Newsweek, commentary — July
2005
Why,
Matthew Scully asks, is cruelty to a puppy appalling
and cruelty to livestock by the billions a matter of
social indifference?...
Fear
Factories: The Case for Compassionate Conservatism
Matthew Scully, The American Conservative,
feature — May 2005
Setting
aside the distracting rhetoric of animal rights, that's
usually what these questions come down to: what moral
standards should guide us in our treatment of animals,
and when must those standards be applied in law?...
Field
Notes on the Compassionate Life
Marc Ian Barasch, except from Field
Notes on the Compassionate Life:
A Search for the Soul of Kindness
Acknowledging a sentient world might make us kinder,
gentler citizens of
a planet that has already had to endure more than its share
of our cruelties...
A
Human Zoo of Pet Obsession
Hyder Jawad, IC Birmingham, commentary — March
2005
We
claim to be civilized but we are, to my knowledge,
the only living creatures who slaughter other living
creatures in the name of sport. We are also the only
creatures to buy dogs as Christmas presents and discard
then on Boxing Day when the novelty has worn off...
The
Limits of Human Dominion
Alison Hills, The Guardian, article — March
2005
It
would be much better to stop talking about rights and
instead to ask two simple questions. When, if ever,
may we make animals suffer? And when, if ever, may
we kill them?...
Big
Earl and Me
Richad Hoyle, essay — March
2004
When
the trailer pulled up and they dropped the gate / I
knew his arrival was more than fate / One look in his
eyes and I could plainly tell / His life with us would
go very well
A special bond there soon would be / Between this pig, Big Earl, and me...
The
Heart Does Not Deceive
Ed Duvin, Guardian Campaign, essay — 2005
I
have written many hundreds of articles as an
essayist and ethicist, but none to equal the
strength of conviction that prompts me to write
you now...
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