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Preserving Individuals Versus Conserving Populations: Is There A Conflict?, Donald G. Lindburg
Preserving Individuals Versus Conserving Populations: Is There A Conflict?, Donald G. Lindburg
Zoo and Aquarium Animal Populations Collection
Summarized briefly, animal liberation/animal rights' valuation of the individual about its zoological taxon or associates in a community is an extension of ethical theory to animals, using the criterion of sentience rather than rationality for ascribing to the individual the right to an existence free of human-imposed pain and suffering. Humans are not entitled to inflict pain of any purpose, according to this view, including the utilization of animals for food or clothing, for scientific and medical experimentation, for recreation, or even for the animals' own survival as a zoological entity. Insofar as the have written on the subject, the …