Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2011

To the Editor: Re “ Egg Producers and Humane Society Urging Federal Standard on Hen Cages ” (Business Day, July 8): I’m a vegetarian who turned vegan after coming to terms with the fact that just because I was eating hormone-free, antibiotic-free, even free-range organic eggs didn’t mean that egg-producing hens were living a cruelty-free life.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.

Vegan 100

Vegan Morals Animal Rights Advocacy 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Unlike birds, they do not vocalize; unlike butterflies, they are totally predatory, not a vegetarian amongst them. Princeton University Press, 2011. Together they comprise Ondonata, an order of insects that, like birds, are beautiful in flight and challenging in identification. By Dennis Paulson. 675 color photos. 350 line illus.

United States 234

United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 234