Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 17, 2008

And you do not acknowledge the individual care that pigs get in such systems and the protection from predators, diseases and the aggression that pigs often exhibit toward each other in group housing. Decisions on how best to house farm animals should be left to the family farmers, like me, who care for their animals every day.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 28, 2008

Since the introduction of longline fishing in the 1960’s, the Atlantic bluefin population has fallen by 97 percent, and the international bodies responsible for protecting this fishery have, because of its huge profitability, failed to impose catch limits that ensure its survival. Gil Kulick New York, Jan.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 17, 2008

Allan Kornberg Boston, March 11, 2008 The writer is executive director of the World Society for the Protection of Animals. Thank you for doing just that, by telling the American public what’s happening in Puerto Rico through your compelling article and photographs.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 28, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Mustangs Stir a Debate on Thinning the Herd ” (front page, July 20): The Bureau of Land Management is charged with protecting wild horses and burros on the Western rangelands. Priscilla Feral President, Friends of Animals Darien, Conn., July 23, 2008 Let them go, and let them be.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 16, 2008

Ratification of the Law of the Sea would send an important message to the more than 150 countries that have already joined the treaty, including all of our allies, that we are committed partners in protecting the planet and its people. Howard Salter Director of External Relations, Citizens for Global Solutions Washington, March 10, 2008

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 29, 2008

Migratory birds protect forests and crops from insect pests; butterflies, bats and other migratory species are important pollinators. Indeed, migratory animals are useful indicators of the health of the global environment; their safe passage is in our best interest. The loss of migration is of more than aesthetic importance.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 11, 2008

You report that Susan Predl, a senior biologist with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, uses “distance sampling” to count the deer that managed to survive the recent county-organized, taxpayer-financed slaughter. May 5, 2008 The lack of maintenance and patrol is staggering under the stewardship of Joseph N.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

In the 1970s, the FDA proposed a ban on penicillin and tetracycline in animal feed, but the proposal was defeated after criticism from interest groups. In 2008, the FDA issued its second limit on the use of cephalosporins in cows, pigs, and chickens, citing the importance of cephalosporin drugs for treating disease in humans.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

They’re about protecting a system that produces cheap food. I served on the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production, which released a report in 2008 that detailed exactly how much these “efficiencies” are costing America. BOBBIE MULLINS Norfolk, Va.,

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species. 21, 2008 To the Editor: You rightly capture the magnitude of the problem of ensuring safe food products. The federal government needs to recommit itself to putting boots on the ground in America and elsewhere to inspect and protect our food supply.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

Secretary Kempthorne needs to do the right thing by following the model of Senator Kempthorne. Carter Roberts President and Chief Executive World Wildlife Fund Washington, Jan.

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