Word: speciesism
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Is the strutting sage grouse, iconic bird of the Western steppe, an endangered species? No doubt about it, say environmentalists, who petitioned for federal protection for the "cock of the prairie," as Lewis and Clark fondly dubbed it. Millions once darkened the skies across 16 states, but development has decimated...
But Bush Administration officials told a gathering of Western Governors last week that the bird is not threatened with extinction and does not need protection under the Endangered Species Act. That was welcome news for the Partnership for the West, a coalition of ranching and energy interests that mounted a...
The fight over the chicken-size bird, whose 110 million-acre habitat is 12 times bigger than the spotted owl's, may have just begun. Industry groups plan to pressure next year's friendlier Congress to weaken the 30-year-old endangered-species law. Meanwhile, a score of conservation groups...
The brisk tone of Caley's journal offers little praise for his surroundings. The names he bestows along the way - the Devil's Wilderness, Dismal Dingle (a valley "like a coal-pit"), Dark Valley - hint at his impressions. When his men spotted two crows, they joked that the birds must...
Your story asks, "Did humans create religion from cues sent from above, or did evolution instill in us a sense of the divine so that we would gather into the communities essential to keeping the species going?" As an atheist turned agnostic turned theist turned Christian, I find myself embracing...