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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

On March 11th, RPA sent the governors of all 50 states a letter and two factsheets urging them to help get their land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry. Take a moment to tell your governor you agree we must get our LGUs out of the meat industry. Many say you can’t eat meat and be an environmentalist.

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Quash the Squash

4 The Love Of Animals

The RSPCA are trying to raise awareness of its urgent campaign to protect the welfare of UK meat chickens. Quash the Squash originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 28, 2009. Right now, the UK government is considering new EU legislation that may increase the number of chickens allowed in rearing sheds.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

It also offers an equally harsh negative judgment of the federal authorities whose mandate is to protect the integrity of the public’s food supply chain but who have chosen to interpret this responsibility so lightly as to let such claims stand while ignoring repeated offenses by the industry. Victoria Bridgehampton, N.Y.,

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The United States Department of Agriculture has been broken for a long time, and it is clear that it cannot protect the American public from illness and death from contaminated meat products. Why not add only ground fat belonging to the meat being ground? It’s like trying to grip mercury. No outside fat trimmings!

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. 22, 2009 The writer teaches philosophy at Southern Methodist University and is the author of the forthcoming “ Animalkind: What We Owe to Animals.” How far do we go in protecting them? 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan. Jean Kazez Dallas, Nov.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

There are self-interested, health-based reasons to go vegetarian: The major killers of Americans--heart disease, cancer, and stroke--are all strongly positively correlated with meat consumption. Journal of the American Dietetics Association 109(7), July 2009: 1266-1282.]

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From the Animal Rights Action Network re: Greyhounds

Animal Person

DO [link] SOMETHING, WORDS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH - ONLY YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION WILL END ANIMAL ABUSE ARAN has designated August 24-30th 2009 as our official week of action against the Irish greyhound racing industry. ARAN works with volunteers, activists, members of the public and other animal protection groups.