Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

From WildEarth Guardians: WildEarth Guardians’ research reveals this agency is: • Biologically Unsound - Wildlife Services uses a “sledgehammer approach” to wildlife management, meaning over one million animals are killed each year using non-selective killing controls such as poisons, traps, and aerial gunning.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

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. There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal. Vadim Liberman New York, April 23, 2008

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

To the Editor: The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that nearly a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gases is generated by livestock production, more than by transportation. 9, 2008 Note from KBJ: Some reasons for vegetarianism apply to all animals, from cows, pigs, and sheep to turkeys, chickens, and fish.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

But the leaner meat from grass-fed animals actually tastes richer and more savory. 5, 2008 The writers are the authors of “ Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World.” If these policies were adopted, small-scale animal agriculture would be a more economical model, and people would eat less meat.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

But much more attention and discussion needs to be directed to the meat industry, particularly its barbaric treatment of the helpless animals that are in our servitude. 27, 2008 To the Editor: The majority of people do not understand what society is causing because of our appetite for meat in every meal. Elaine Sloan New York, Jan.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. In the past decade, for instance, we have doled out more than $3 billion in direct subsidies to large-scale livestock producers. To the Editor: Re “ A Farm Boy Reflects ” (column, July 31): Hats off to Nicholas D.

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