Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2009

" Surge in Abandoned Horses Renews Debate Over Slaughterhouses " in today's New York Times begs a lot of questions that I wonder how you would answer. Abandoned horses tied to telephone poles. If you want to address the problem, you do something about the people abandoning and neglecting horses.

Horse Slaughter 100

Horse Slaughter Horses Unwanted Horses Slaughter 100

Animal Person

JUNE 22, 2009

Their claim is that what has become the customary way to take sentient nonhumans from babyhood to untimely death is not humane. Yes, I do think it's better to have lived a comfortable life and then be slaughtered than to have been tortured the entire time and then be slaughtered. It's cruel. No argument here.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Slaughter Slaughtered 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 2, 2007

Puck’s Good Idea ” (editorial, March 26): Thank you for writing about the restaurateur Wolfgang Puck and his desire to buy meat raised humanely. If we are to live in a more peaceful world, we must abandon the cruelty on our plates. That is never humane. This issue is an important one and needs to be talked about.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York San Diego 2007 40