1. Animal Rights, Endangered Species and Human Survival, by Lewis Regenstein
beavers, elephants and even lions. South America had giant
armadillos called glyptodons and mammoth ground sloths. In Europe
forest elephants, hippopotami and huge bison and deer lumbered
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2. Do Animals Have a Right to Liberty?, by James Rachels
animal such as a lion or an elephant being put on exhibit in
a zoo, and being reduced to nothing more than a spectacle for
people's enjoyment. The reason I mention this here is that, in the
past, humans
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3. Against Zoos, by Dale Jamieson
tigers,
elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotami, giraffes, bulls, stags,
crocodiles and serpents. The games were popular in all parts of
the Empire. Nearly every city had an arena and a collection of
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4. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals, by Charles Darwin
the behaviour of the female elephants, used as
decoys, without admitting that they intentionally practise deceit,
and well know what they are about. Courage and timidity are
extremely variable qualities
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5. All Animals Are Equal, by Peter Singer
of dignity or worth that no elephant, pig, or chimpanzee
can ever achieve, we see that this question is as difficult to
answer as our original request for some relevant fact that
justifies the
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6. The Post-Darwinian Transition, by David Pearce
a whale or an
elephant, for instance, to establish whether approximate equality
of biological propensity to anguish is really the case. Greater
encephalisation of emotion most likely does extend the
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