Sentences with phrase «animal advocates arguing»

By doing so, we have tons of donations, tons of volunteers, and tons of happy adopters... In my experience, animal advocates arguing that we «have to kill» animals (followed by the usual excuses...) is false... Kill shelters are on the way out.

In my experience, animal advocates arguing that we «have to kill» animals (followed by the usual excuses...) is false... Kill shelters are on the way out.

Animal advocates argue that feral cats often have no place to go.

Not exact matches

The display on the chameleon takes a page (unattributed) from the advocates of ID, arguing that the animal's eyes are irreducibly complex and couldn't have evolved, since multiple parts would have to be fully functioning for them to work at all.

The move comes after years of pressure by animal rights and animal welfare advocates, including some scientists who have argued that these animals shouldn't be kept in captivity.

Because animals and humans lack this pathway, glyphosate advocates argue that the chemical presents no danger to them.

Plant - based advocates argue that anything greater than 15 % of total calories increases your risk for chronic disease, whereas animal - based advocates claim that a protein intake as high as 25 % does not increase your risk for chronic disease in the long - term.

The Public Pulse story, which can be found at the World - Herald link above, says a few things that animal advocates would argue with.

It passed its first hurdle this week — but at Tuesday's hearing in the Capitol, animal rights advocates were arguing on both sides of the issue.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and have sometimes led to a slightly different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not have ag - gag laws, they have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214 has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183

Since pushing for welfare reforms often involves working directly with food and clothing industry companies, this work can give the public the impression that these companies treat their animals well when this is not the case, especially when animal advocates are incentivized to make the reforms seem like drastic improvements when animals still suffer substantially.213 Critics would also argue that, empirically, welfare reforms such as banning battery cages reduce only a very small portion of the harm of animal agriculture — if any — so they are not the most cost - effective use of time.214, 215, 216

On the other hand, some advocates argue that this work could increase the credibility of the animal advocacy movement by showing that it can make progress for animals on an institutional scale, not just an individual one.200 Single campaigns may not eliminate all suffering in a specific area, but they can provide useful information and momentum for future campaigns.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.212 While these activities make up a small proportion of THL's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.213 While THL carefully targets their protests with specific goals in mind and tries to project a professional image through their protests, it's possible that they could still draw negative governmental attention or lower public opinion of advocates.214

Since pushing for welfare reforms often involves working directly with food industry companies, this work can give the public the impression that these companies treat their animals well when this is not the case, especially when animal advocates are incentivized to make the reforms seem like drastic improvements when animals still suffer substantially.192 Critics would also argue that, empirically, welfare reforms such as banning battery cages reduce only a very small portion of the harm of animal agriculture, if any, so they are not the most cost - effective use of time.193, 194, 195

False Statement: «Most Cases of Toxoplasmosis Stem from Undercooked Food, Not Cats — Catch and kill advocates sometimes argue for killing feral cats because they can transmit toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease that spreads via Toxoplasma oocysts shed in the feces of an infected animal.»

Animal - welfare advocates argue that many local animal shelters in Kentucky are continuing a legacy of subpar care for dogs andAnimal - welfare advocates argue that many local animal shelters in Kentucky are continuing a legacy of subpar care for dogs andanimal shelters in Kentucky are continuing a legacy of subpar care for dogs and cats.

In 2008, as meetings between animal welfare advocates and breeders convened, Mason and others argued against instituting regulations based on these minimal USDA standards, arguing against a cage size at least six inches longer than the dog.

Feral cat advocates argue that the animals often make terrible pets and end up being euthanized.

If you say the bible, Aristotle, Plato (who decided animals did not have immortal souls, and also advocated lying for a supposedly good cause), or Church doctrine then you yourself are arguing from alleged authority.

In The Rights of Man... And Beast, Charles Siebert reports on the American lawyer Steven Wise, who has been advocating in defense of animal welfare for decades and who recently argued in court that a chimpanzee should have standing as a legal person to sue his captor.