Critter News

JULY 2, 2009

Things have been tough at the San Francisco Zoo after Tatiana the Siberian tiger attacked those three people in 2007. Animal experts descended for investigations of their own, and employee morale sank to an all- time low. Here's an article that explains the hard times the Zoo has faced since then. It's a long list. Now, facing a $2.2

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 5, 2007

To the Editor: “ A Factory Farm Near You ” (editorial, July 31) does not mention any issue of the morality of factory farming—treating living beings as factory products. Cruelty to animals on such a scale should be the centerpiece of any discussion on raising animals for food. Is that why we conveniently omit it from all discussion?

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 21, 2007

To the Editor: I appreciate Nicolette Hahn Niman’s efforts in raising awareness about the conditions in which pigs are raised (“ Pig Out ,” Op-Ed, March 14), but I was struck by her comment that it is incumbent on us to ensure that animals have decent lives because we ask them to make the ultimate sacrifice for us. Jill Appell Pres.,

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. Causing an animal to suffer for no good reason is cruel, and our ordinary commonsense morality tells us in no uncertain terms that cruelty is wrong. Premise (4) is widely acknowledged.

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MAY 23, 2007

Amy Joy Lanou Washington, May 21, 2007 The writer is senior nutrition scientist, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. May 21, 2007 To the Editor: “Soy milk and apple juice” is not a vegan diet. Kelly New York, May 21, 2007 To the Editor: Thank you for publishing Nina Planck’s excellent article, “Death by Veganism.”

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