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Trader Joe's Eggs NOT Humane

Critter News

Trader Joe's, a national specialty grocer, offers a large range of vegan and soy products. They are debeaked because that is necessary to keep them from injuring each other." They are debeaked because that is necessary to keep them from injuring each other." They also offer "Cage Free" eggs.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

My doctor says my tremendous health and strength are due to my being a vegan. Egg production, including on free-range farms, entails the mass killing of newborn male chicks, a point made in Nicholas D. Hens in all forms of egg production endure an equally cruel execution once their profitability has declined. Kristof’s column.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

In addition, the animals are subjected to excruciating mutilations – including branding, dehorning, debeaking, tooth pulling, tail docking, and castration – all performed without anesthesia. The noxious fumes from the accumulated urine and feces cause lung problems in many of the animals. How might one defend premise (6)?