Word: speciesism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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It was Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus last week who seemed to be the endangered species, not the grumpy-looking chick that Andrus held in his hands or the proud big bird that dug its claws into the Secretary's shoulder as they posed together for photographers. The birds were...
Russell Baker is one member of an endangered species. He should be declared a national asset.
Unfortunately, no amount of synthetic periplanone B is apt to stimulate an entire roach species into extinction. As rueful scientists have found in using pesticides, a few hardy roaches can usually survive a chemical spray because of some lucky genetic abnormality and will then propagate a new generation of spray...
Believe it or not, a reduction in roach ranks may be a better solution than extinction. Different roach species figure in the food cycles of lizards and birds. Moreover, loathsome as it may seem, entomologists speculate that roaches may some day be a source of nutrition for humans.
Certain public services are so obviously desirable that they are beyond debate in modern urban societies. The thought of doing without schools, parks, hospitals, street lighting and such could scarcely enter a civilized mind. The ever wandering human species recognized roads as obvious necessities soon after man began meandering across...