Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Of course, the meat is more expensive since it takes lots of real estate to freely graze a herd, and it’s tougher than typical supermarket fare (Americans are used to a style of marbling that’s caused by grain diets and flabby cattle, whereas grass-fed cows are trim from their daily ambles). Andrew Rimas Evan D. Fraser Jamaica Plain, Mass.,

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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. A more accurate name for the end result would therefore be “clean meat.”

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 11, 2008

about the world food crisis, Paul Krugman doesn’t mention an obvious and important solution: Eat less meat. With a little experimentation, anyone can find satisfying substitutes for meat that will improve personal health and the health of the planet at the same time. April 8, 2008 I urge your readers to give it a try.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Yet Al Gore does not even mention the need for Americans to reduce meat consumption as we attempt to rescue ourselves from the climate crisis. 9, 2008 Note from KBJ: Some reasons for vegetarianism apply to all animals, from cows, pigs, and sheep to turkeys, chickens, and fish. Michael Radkowsky Washington, Nov.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Anna Lappé Brooklyn, July 31, 2008 The writer is a co-founder of the Small Planet Institute. The fact that geese mate for life, and that the mate of the poor goose that was slaughtered would step forward, was enough to make me swear off meat forever, if I hadn’t already. Susan Beal Brooklyn, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: Nicholas D.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 2, 2008

Reducing meat consumption, particularly of beef, is one of the simplest and most rewarding things we can do. Nadia Eghbal Tübingen, Germany, May 26, 2008 I don’t necessarily advocate vegetarianism, but those looking to improve the sustainability of their lifestyles should take a look at their diet.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 18, 2008

Cholesterol is found only in foods derived from animals, like meat, cheese and eggs. July 10, 2008 Humans, and most animals, produce cholesterol naturally, but the problem is when we “supplement” this biologically occurring substance. That is when I went vegetarian. My cholesterol levels have always made my doctors happy.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The meat industry loves to squeal that “the cost of bacon will rise” whenever it’s faced with pressure to change. 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.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 28, 2008

24) regarding the dangers of eating bluefin tuna because of high levels of mercury did not mention (as The Times has done on previous occasions) another, equally compelling reason to avoid consuming the meat of this fish: the bluefin tuna has been so overexploited that the species is on the brink of extinction. To the Editor: Both your Jan.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 15, 2008

If Mr. Nocera actually had such clairvoyant powers over the meat-packing industry, why didn’t he put them to use last autumn and blow the whistle on the Westland/Hallmark slaughter plant? Wayne Pacelle President and Chief Executive The Humane Society of the United States Washington, March 8, 2008 Oh, really?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Mattison writes that in 2008 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) identified 30% of all amphibian species as endangered, including 1,626 species of frogs. There is also a lot of work that needs to be done for the conservation of frogs. Thrity-seven species are probably already extinct.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

But there is a net loss in all meat production, not just of farmed fish or feeding fish to land animals being raised for food. And while there are varying estimates, it takes between 3 and 15 pounds of grain to produce a pound of meat. 11, 2008 To the Editor: We are seeing environmental ruin because of factory farming.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

21, 2008 To the Editor: You rightly capture the magnitude of the problem of ensuring safe food products. The vast number of meat eaters brake for geese, call the A.S.P.C.A. Common sense tells us not to put the foxes in charge of the henhouse, but politicians repeatedly deny common sense in favor of the needs of special-interest groups.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

Now that 2008 has arrived, I'd like once again to encourage new and old readers alike to make this the year that they stop supporting animal cruelty in all of its forms. If you currently eat meat, make a commitment to reduce your consumption of animals in January and stop eating them altogether in February. How and by when?

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