And rhinos and elephants are hunted for their tusks, whales for the oils,
etc.  The dodo bird went extinct because it was hunted down for food, same
for the woolly mammoths and bison in North America.

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth H. Thiers" <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: peter singer again


> You mean animals that are raised for food?  Because in tigers are "eaten",
elephants are "eaten", passenger pigeons were "eaten", many fish that used
to be "eaten" are endangered because they were pushed out by ohter fish that
were stocked, salmon runs, cod runs are all crashing, etc
>
> Ok, I feel in a nit picky mood today.
>
> Beth T the OT
> >
> > From: "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 2002/09/13 Fri PM 06:56:55 EDT
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: peter singer   again
> >
> >  just to giveyou guys something to think about,  have you considered the
> > fact that no animal that is eaten by humans is on the endangered
spiecies
> > list?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Magenta Raine
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: 9/13/2002 5:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: peter singer   again
> >
> > In a message dated 9/13/02 9:35:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> >
> > > Believe in the humane treatment of animals but find the above
> > statements
> > > ludicrous.  How can they compare chickens to the Jews who died in
> > > concentration camps?
> > >
> > > Kat
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I have no idea. It seems ludicrous to me too.  all I know is that I
> > think
> > chickens raised on the range are healthier than when raised in crowded
> > coops.
> > Therefore, I try to buy chicken product raised on free ranges, and
> > without
> > hormones.  perhaps we would not find it so ludicrous if they were
> > talking
> > about chimps or gorillas???
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