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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

Critter News

How many people know this about the Animal Welfare Act? No wonder there is so much "farm" animal abuse out there. The only cool thing is that Gene Bauer's views on the meat industry are so similar to those expressed on this blog a few weeks ago. This is really interesting. I certainly didn't.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

It is not just a few outspoken animal rights fanatics who hold this view. Animal abuse is a crime in all fifty states, and rightly so. Similarly, most people also agree that: (2) It is wrong to kill a conscious sentient animal for no good reason. Carruthers, The Animals Issue , p. No one disputes premise (3).

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On Responding to Jokes that Feature Animal Abuse

Animal Person

Here's the problem: A friend doesn't respect my veganism. She jokes about eating animals. my former doctor said that all red meat is very unhealthy!" "Do Though I don't ever equate veganism with religion, let's just say I were a practicing Orthodox Jew (is practicing Orthodox redundant?). Why is veganism.

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From the Animal Rights Action Network re: Greyhounds

Animal Person

These poor animals are literally running for their lives and we must do everything we can to educate people about their suffering and exploitation and work towards ending this horribly cruel activity because many people out there just don't know any different, so we must be the greyhound's best advocate and use our voice for theirs.