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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind ” (Op-Ed, Feb. 20): Blake Hurst, a former hog farmer and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, cautions that “we can’t ask the pigs what they think.” Farm Animal Welfare, ASPCA New York, Feb. But we can ask, and they can answer. SUZANNE McMILLAN Dir.,

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McDonalds Makes Positive Move to Help Sows

Critter News

The McDonald’s Corporation said on Monday that it would begin working with its pork suppliers to phase out the use of so-called gestational crates, the tiny stalls in which sows are housed while pregnant. For the full story, check out this link to the New York Times article.

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