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On Thanking Slaughtered Sheep for Book Awards

Animal Person

Well, she apparently did such a great job convincing the folks at the Minnesota Book Awards that you can claim to love animals and then send them to slaughter, that not only was she a finalist for their award, but she won it. So I thanked Melissa, thanked Renee, then I hold on to your hat--thanked my sheep.

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Study Claims Islamic Slaughtering More Humane

Critter News

I came across this strange article about German research on which slaughter method creates more pain for the animal: the Western method of stunning or the Islamic method of a cut to the neck. According to the researchers, the Islamic method wins. You can read all about the results in the article. What an utterly grotesque project.

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Western Serbia, or Griffons in the raspberries

10,000 Birds

There are very few sheep in the meadows and too few animals end up dead in the open, where scavengers can get them. Hence, vultures rely on a feeding station where they are provisioned with slaughter house offal and occasional carrion. The first sign that we are getting close were the Common Ravens , a few dozens of them.

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On Compassionate Carnivores and Betrayal

Animal Person

Yes, I do think it's better to have lived a comfortable life and then be slaughtered than to have been tortured the entire time and then be slaughtered. I wouldn't do it to a dog, and I shouldn't do it to a chicken/sheep/cow/pig. It's just not right. Betrayal , according to the Oxford English Dictionary: 1.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

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He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. For some people, it is inhumane to eat meat in any situation, no matter how well the animal is treated prior to and during slaughter. Andrew from Good Honest Dollar had an excellent question.

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Listen Today on WALO Radio

Animal Person

The University of Puerto Rico, an "1862" LGU founded in 1900, operates a slaughter facility killing small ruminants -- typically goats and sheep, cattle being large ruminants. Some key words are in English at the website, which gives clear instructions for streaming. There's an Archive icon for possible later listening.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ PETA’s Latest Tactic: $1 Million for Fake Meat ” (news article, April 21): The commercial development of meat from animal tissue won’t result in “fake meat” any more than cloning sheep results in fake sheep. More than nine billion chickens are slaughtered each year in the United States.