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Diane Raptosh (born October 14, 1961) is an American poet of Sicilian/American descent who became the first poet laureate for Boise, Idaho, in 2013, a position that was eliminated after her tenure.
An Essay on Humanity to Animals is a 1798 book by English theologian Thomas Young. It advocates for the ethical treatment and welfare of animals. It argues for recognizing animals' natural rights and condemns the various forms of cruelty inflicted upon them in human activities. Drawing on moral, scriptural, and philosophical reasoning, Young ...
The book has three parts; the first two, Animals and Milliganimals, contain humorous poetry and illustrations by Milligan of animals, both real and imaginary. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The third part, entitled The Bald Twit Lion , is a surreal, comedic story of a lion who loses his mane and his struggle to re-grow it and overcome his embarrassment. [ 1 ]
The former Wassmuth Center for Human Rights building at 777 S. 8th St. in Boise in July 2022. Why did the mural say Upstander? “Bystanders are those who witness injustice and do or say nothing ...
Writing in the Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, Bernard Unti calls Black Beauty "the most influential anti-cruelty novel of all time". [23] Comparisons have also been made between Black Beauty and the most important social protest novel in the United States, Uncle Tom's Cabin , by Harriet Beecher Stowe, on account of the strong ...
In Japan, the 1973 Welfare and Management of Animals Act (amended in 1999 and 2005) [162] stipulates that "no person shall kill, injure, or inflict cruelty to animals without a due course", and in particular, criminalizes cruelty to all mammals, birds, and reptiles possessed by persons; as well as cattle, horses, goats, sheep, pigs, dogs, cats ...
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Wendy Doniger takes as her starting point O'Hearne's contention that compassion for animals is a Western invention originating in the nineteenth century. She talks about the Hindu prohibition on harming animals and argues that compassion for animals can be found in many non-Western cultures throughout history.